(April 24, 2010 at 5:19 am)KichigaiNeko Wrote: Unfortunately fr0d0 Buddhism is PERCEIVED by the GENERAL public as not being a religion. And as far as I know this was so....until recently. (As I have said in another post) religions acquire TAX BENEFITS from BEING a RELIGION and Buddhism has cottoned on to this fact. I think that it has been within the last 20 years that this has been building. So for a youngun like yourself fr0d0 you would NOT know any different. Although your facts ARE correct fr0d0.Buddhism is a religion by any standard definition in a dictionary. Religions don't have to believe in Gods to be religions.
Wikipedia Wrote:A religion is a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a supernatural agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
