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Originally Posted by missmacabre
What I was saying about all religions sharing the same core concepts might be what you're getting at about Buddhism being a philosophy. In that case, every religion wouldn't be a religion. In Buddhism there is the worshiping of the Buddha, practicing the teachings, and then your group or community, which differs depending on if you're monastic.
Anyway, I don't think all atheists are bad people, just like I know not all religious people are blind followers. It's just with the internet a lot of people who happen to be atheist will go to extremes because of their anonymity. They go on forums for church groups and either hack their sites, or have an organized amount of people troll the forums. Not all religious people are bad, and in flaming and trolling them it really makes atheism look bad. It's also ironic because they claim to be against people like the Westboro Baptist church, and Fox news etc etc, but they are acting no better than them. I would just rather not be associated with either extreme.
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What I was getting at is that Buddah isn't worshipped as a deity, just a teacher, so by definition Buddhism is broadly an atheist mentality. I'm not arguing a position so much as wanting to get your take on that idea. I don't much like being associate in any way with the mentality often associated with atheism, but since I don't believe in God I am by nature atheist.