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Originally Posted by Straker
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.
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Yeah, can't say I am educated enough to really know what I'm talking about here BUT the way I saw it was that yes he was a teacher, much like Jesus, but by reaching Nirvana and gaining spiritual enlightenment he would be considered more of a deity than a regular joe. I don't know all the details there though, so you could very well be right and by definition I would be considered an atheist...
and I don't totally have a problem with that either. I love science, the cosmos, space exploration. For the most part, I believe in evolution over intelligent design. I can spend an entire day listening to Carl Sagan and Neil Degrasse Tyson. I wanted to work at NASA most of my life but was stopped by the horrible realization that I get sick when I am driving in a car for 5 minutes, never mind a spacecraft.