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

@Entwistle

When if ever you were in the Far East, you did notice that Buddhist monks and also the Buddhist lay folks pray to their various gods, even to Gautama who is raised to the status of a god - so Buddhists in their homelands are not atheistic but in fact polytheistic.

Entwistle · 51-55, M

@yrger Both.

Entwistle · 56-60, M

@yrger Some Buddhists worship Gautama..that doesn't make him a god.
Buddhism does not teach that gods exist out there. The gods mentioned in Buddhism symbolize mental states.