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Are Buddhists considered atheists

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Anonymous

16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Buddhists do not fit into an imposed atheist/theist categorization.

Buddhists have no god(s) but believe in an afterlife and an immortal part of a human's existence.

The first would qualify them as atheists to many religious people. The second and third would make them not 100% in line with the "material world only" thinking of many atheists.

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