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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You should try Buddhism, Jainism, or Sikhism if you are looking for a religions sans magic in the Sky single person. They are more athiestic religions[/quote]

Sikhism is not atheistic in any way.  Belief in God is at it's core.

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They are [b]more [/b]atheistic religions - [b]more [/b]is the operative word[/quote]

What the hell does "More Atheistic" religions mean?  Please elaborate.

If you mean, they have a belief that there may be a God and there may not be a God, that is not Sikhism.  At All.  More, less, whatever.  It simply is not.

Most Sikhs here believe in a very theistic form, similar to how Christianity is theistic.  It was not this way in the beginning, when Guru Nanak Ji was alive it was still very much connected to Hinduism.  Many in India, still practice it this way.  Many Sikhs are very observant of Maa Durga, my family included.

For most Sikhs in the West, it is more theistic.  One god as WaheGuru. 
 
Jainism and Buddhism are conflated with atheism, but that is only if you are comparing to Christian theology of a creator god that is the judge of all.  There are gods in both and they can be meaningful, but you don't have to worship a God to attain Moksha.  Similar to Hinduism, one does not attain Moksha by worship.  All 3 of these believe "God" is within every person so every person has the ability to reach Moksha.  None need an external God, but they all have gods.

You can't view Eastern religions through a Western religion lens.  They are not the same.  Apples and Oranges.  In the for those from an Abrahamic religion background, there is Theism and Athesim.

There is no "more atheistic".  That's just how code for how people in the West like to co-opt parts of eastern religions into their lifestyle and say the are "spiritual" without having to admit they are indeed following a religion.

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