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
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.
I’ve never met such an atheist, one who simply hates the concept of any type of spiritual belief? Have you?