We don't since we do not beleive in an eternal omnipotent god.
A Buddhist
A follower of The Buddha is called a Buddhist. As a note: Buddhists doe not worship The Buddha. We revere him, we are grateful to him, but he is not a god.
The followers of Mahayana worshipped Buddha as a god and also believed that there are many Buddhas.
As followers of the teachings of Christ, the two sort of go hand in hand. "Pray without ceasing..." and all.
Just like Christians, Muslims, and followers of several other religions, Bahá'ís believe in a single God, which they simply call "God", if they happen to communicate in the English language.
There is no gender based naming of Buddhist followers - just like there are no Christioners and Christionettes
The Buddha held that it was not necessary to believe in gods in order to achieve enlightenment, but that his followers could believe in gods if they so wished. A great majority of Buddhists do believe in a creator god, whether the Abrahamic God, or another. It is certainly acceptable within some schools of Buddhism for their followers to believe in God, as the world's creator. ~That's correct. :-) I am a Buddhist, but I still believe in, love, and accept in my heart God. ^_^
The followers of Islam are Muslims and they refer to God as Allah.
they pray to communicate with God
Buddhist to not pray to Thaipoosan, but to God their creator.
Buddhist followers are usually called Buddhists. A community of Buddhists is called a "sangha" (similar to the term "congregation" in Christianity).
Buddhism. Buddhists follow Buddhism, the religion founded by the Buddha.