Are Buddhists really atheists?

Atheists in the West claim that Buddhists are atheists, so they (the atheists in the West) feel better that they are not the only atheists in the world.

My purpose is to ask Buddhists whether they really deny that God exists.

From my part, I know from my reason and intelligence that God exists.

So, paging Buddhists, please come over and let us discuss whether you Buddhists really deny God exists.

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yrger · 80-89, M

@Pfuzylogic

Go to the Far East to learn that Buddhists have plenty of gods, but not the God of the West which atheists in the West deny to exist, namely, the God of Christianism, Islamism, and Judaism.

When you get there and live there for years and years, you will get the picture that Buddhists are not theistic in the Western concept of theism, but polytheistic, i.e. plenty of gods for all sorts of needs.

Pfuzylogic · M

@yrger So who are these mythical Gods. I would guess that absolutely no one here on the site has been at a far eastern monastery for years and years.
It is simple enough to answer the inquiry without visiting a hypothetical experience.