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Technically yeah. Though the reasoning behind atheism typically goes gainst budhism in any spiritual sense. But anyone can be an atheist for any reason, and a lack of belief in god doesn't mean you can't believe in anything else. I could believe in every mythical creature, every mythical spirit entity, every mythical being, I can believe that every alien ever imagined already exists (there is a reason to think life out their exists we have already found bacteria and I would say ourselves counts as evidence but no reason to believe in specific aliens to exist.), alien UFOs, every movie is based on a true story, the after life, karma, every conspiracy theory ever made, every cartoon, anime. Videogame is based on another realm, any thing you can possibly imagine but not god and still be an atheist. Would be one nutty atheist but would still technically be an atheist. There are people who calls themselves Buddhist atheists, there are people describing themselves that way. Personally I don't see what reason there is to believe in karma or reincarnation, or Buddha, etc but hey do whatever makes you happy man. I think Buddhism out of all religions is one of the best out there, and seems to have developed the most humanitarian of all philosophical biases of all religions.
Technically I'd say anything nontheistic is atheistic.
The prefix A means not or without and is synonymous with non. Though typically atheists aren't spiritual, that is only typically. Iv meet some people who claimed to be atheists and still were spiritual, technically it isn't a contradiction. I would say logically yeah but that's typical from an atheist like me.
No he isn't. Ashman hates conflict he's just being real, that is his genuine opinion. Please don't take this the wrong way but not everyone who disagrees with you is trying to be an ass.
Thankyou, im glad you understand where im coming from, I try to be reasonable maybe sometimes I might post something that comes across harsher than intended but I normally post what I believe I dont expect everyone to agree with me (it would be a pretty boring debate site if they did) and I admit i'm not always right.
No problem, Im just being real she accuses you of being an ass and I disagree and don't think you deserve that, and honestly you are one of the most civil people on here. It is ismalias flaw everyone has them but I wouldn't be a true friend if I didn't try to.point it out to her.
You've sworn at me for disagreeing with you, called me a bigot when I agreed with you (in my world that is not something you call someone unless you are trying to be insulting) and telling me to come back when I have a clue. These are all remarks you have made to me during debates when I had previously been polite, to me that is abuse all I did was either agree or disagree with you.
Nothing wrong with making mistakes the important thing is learning from them.
I'm not being a dick but I think your "problem" is you that you seem to think people are attacking you when they disagree with you, some might be but the majority wont be and this is only the internet so you dont really stand to lose anything if you start by giving people the benefit of the doubt, if they turn out to be a Wanker then give em both barrels.
If you really want to be a better person sort things out with Zephyr I honestly dont think he was trying to twist your words and was just trying to help. You may owe him an apology.
I wasn't saying you ever said that. However you do claim people of being an ass, spouting propaganda, etc when others disagree with you. I wasn't quoting you.
The entirety of your first response to my dispute to him response to me:
Exactly. He is just trying to be an ass .
I'm sorry ismalia, but I have to be honest, if that really means you see me as your enemy than so be it. If I were to lie to you I wouldn't be being a true friend.
Yet you judge others of being biggotted, uneducated, ignorant, clueless, etc when they disagree it seems like from my point of view in many confrontations you have been in, and obvious in this one. You don't want to be judged, don't judge others. Simple as that.
Like I said, it is wrong to throw someone's past in their face. I said I was sorry, now GET OVER IT. Ima live my damn life no matter what you people think, and yes there are bigots on this website.
I think there is a subtle difference between nontheistic and atheistic yes some aspects of Buddhism are Atheistic the non belief in Gods and the belief that the Buddhas were just people who have reached enlightenment but this does not cover all of Buddhism, some Buddhists deify the Buddhas and other supernatural creatures some also believe in God as well as following Buddhism (although that is unusual, it is not unheard of). I think as a term Nontheistic covers it better than Atheistic, just my point of view.
Atheism: "The theory or belief that God does not exist."
Buddhism: "a religion, originated in India by Buddha (Gautama) and later spreading to China, Burma, Japan, Tibet, and parts of southeast Asia, holding that life is full of suffering caused by desire and that the way to end this suffering is through enlightenment that enables one to halt the endless sequence of births and deaths to which one is otherwise subject."
The way I see it, atheist choose atheism for a sense of realism in life, considering Christianity and most other religions too vague or preposterous. Where as Buddhism appears to be as realistic as it gets while still maintaining some possibility that you must change.
Most atheists go super logical and claim that everything is science, so I don't expect to see a great rise in Buddhist atheists but, I guess it's possible.
That defenition is inaccurate my friend sorry to be nit-picky.
A is a prefix meaning not or without
Theism means belief in a god.
Not all atheists believe god doesn't exist but all atheists don't believe he does. It may not be a relevant difference a lot of the time but when it comes to the burden of proof and whoever is making the claim it is.
Also everything isn't science, science is just a discipline used to understand everything. Everything has science behind it.
I got the definition from google, but what you told me is good to know. Also I said most atheists i know. The ones I'm friends with always tell me their scientific theories when anything is brought up against them.
Buddhism can be quite complicated and is more nontheistic in nature than atheistic. Buddhism really hinges on the beliefs of the practioner some people just follow the Philosophical side of things without the supernatural side, which i'm guessing is what you've been reading about.
There is also a supernatural side some Buddhists deify the Buddhas, the original Buddha taught against this as he felt he was just a man not a God but to be Buddha literally means to be enlightened in some Buddhist temples the Monks will tell you that the Buddha on the altar is yourself as we all have the power within to become Buddha/enlightened. It can be argued that to be truly enlightened is to be Godlike, you literally know everything there is to know about everything my personal view is I dont think that enlightenment is possible during life, I dont think we could handle that amount of knowledge. Maybe people become enlightened after death or after we have lived many lives and reach Nirvana but that is straying into the supernatural.
I think yes an Atheist or anyone of any religion can follow the teachings of Buddhism without compromising their own beliefs and yes I think they can learn a lot from them.
Taoism is also an interesting religion similar to Buddhism in that it is more nontheistic than theistic and is grounded more in philosophy.
I would say yes, Buddhism is a philosophy and not a religion. This is why is was able to coexist with Taoism in Japan, and therefore an Atheist can practice the Buddhist philosophy.
just know, in your scientific mind, that logically, everything that is organic HAS to be interconnected to everything else, somehow, we havent found yet
religion is quantum mechanics, they just didnt know how to explain it back then, and now we dont know how to experience it anymore.