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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety
No, Buddhism is a philosophy without gods. It is only a "religion" when people (mostly who don't understand the distinction and some who are merely semanticly lazy) decide to call it one.
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Is the ultimate aim of Buddhism not to elevate one's soul to the point where one achieves nervana and escapes from the "wheel of life"? Many might call that state becoming a "god".
One will find Buddhism on pretty much any list of major world religions. It certainly has all the trappings of a religion - temples and monks, to name but two. Is not a temple, by definition, associated with a religion?