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How do atheists who direct all their ire against religious belief think about religions that don't emphasis le believing things, e.g. Zen? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 8 months ago by frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml to c/atheism@lemmy.ml

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[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Personally I consider things like Zen Buddhism to more like a philosophy or a lifestyle than a "religion". I always assumed it was lumped in with religion because there isn't really a better term that allows it to fit into most people's world view

To me "religion" implies a dogmatic system overeen by a fictional all powerful self serving omnipresent deity or deities

Again, these are just my personal views on the matter though

[–] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago

Personally I consider things like Zen Buddhism to more like a philosophy or a lifestyle than a “religion”. I always assumed it was lumped in with religion because there isn’t really a better term that allows it to fit into most people’s world view

This seems intelligent.