I wrote: >it's [Buddhism's] a religion. What more can one say?
R writes:>well, for purposes of discussion, what's a religion? <
a religion centers on assertions of faith (as when an atheist asserts that there is no god) that go beyond working hypotheses that are treated sceptically, to be tested empirically, logically, etc.
>and who decides what is and what isn't?<
for my purposes, I'm the one who decides what's a religion and what isn't. Of course, I may be wrong.
Jim D.
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