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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Buddhism is a spiritual and atheistic religion. It is not rare or bizarre to have spiritual beliefs and also lack a belief in deities. The Asian world has a few religions that are based on a collective consciousness, and not a deity.

Atheism is a lack of belief in a god. It does not define belief in an afterlife, spiritual powers or anything else. Look beyond your own narrow definition of religion, and you will see there is a very wide variance in beliefs.[b] The focus on exactly what every atheist believes is bizarre[/b]. 
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could you answer how you define spirit and spiritual?  are they beyond nature?  are they entities that people can imagine but that other people don't imagine?  are they like ghosts?  Do the spirits have powers and abilities that humans do not have? can you call upon the spirits to intervene in your life or the lives of others?[/quote]

I personally don't believe in spirits. I am not going to try to answer those questions for other people because those beliefs are not defined by the term "atheist.". You should do some reading on Buddhism, or any of the eastern religions. In monotheistic religions, god is a separate entity that acts kind of like a parent. In many eastern religions, people and earth are all part of god, or those things are together and not a god at all. [/quote]

Not bizarre - it's very simple -- nothing supernatural - i.e., beyond nature -- no angels, demons, fairies, gods, or any beings imagined beyond nature. It seems odd that you are so sure about the exact terms/beliefs of Buddhism without willingness to explain it.   From what you say, it sounds like the word  "god" is used differently,  not meaning supernatural at all. I'm not particularly interested in pursuing this, just wanted to clarify what you meant.[/quote]

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