Atheism - less war?

[Fidel_Castronaut]

I suppose I view Buddhism, overall, as more of a philosophy than a religion due to the fact that most sects do not believe in a deity.

So what is the difference between a religion and a philosophy?

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Atheism = lack of belief in a god or gods (some people debate this, not me, as it defines me perfectly).

Everything else is mutually exclusive to this. You can be a secularist, a conservative, a murderer, a misanthrope, even a spiritualist, and an atheist.

However, none of them is relevant to atheism (or, rather, none of them are precondition or a condition of atheism and being an atheist).

So you can be spiritual and atheist - everyone agreed?

I would say yes, but spiritualism doesn't mean religious, just in case anyone was thinking that.