LIKE BUDDHA IS A GOD TO BUDDHISTS
2006-12-19 07:10:28 · 33 answers · asked by i'm bored and fed up 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
no
2006-12-19 07:12:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Wow, where to start? First off, i hope you're kidding.
Right, atheism comes from the greek theus meaning "god" coupled with a privative "a" causing it to mean "no god". So, an atheist is a person with no god. So, if Darwin were a god to atheists, they would no longer be atheists.
Not all Buddhists consider Buddha to be a god. There is a branch of buddhism that considers him and various others to have a godly status, but, as I understand it, most see him as a role model, an exemplar of the kind of person one has to be to reach enlightenment.
2006-12-19 07:16:17 · answer #2 · answered by Shadebug 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Buddha isn't a God to Buddhists and Atheists don't have a God at all, which is the definition of Atheism.
2006-12-19 07:15:48 · answer #3 · answered by Mrs. Pears 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Darwin is not a god to atheists, nor is Buddha technically a god. They were both people. Darwin, as a matter of fact, was a Christian.
2006-12-19 07:43:49 · answer #4 · answered by ethereality 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, and he is not even something like a "prophet". He was just a scientist who had a good idea and was the first who wrote it in a book, but the reason that the theory of evolution is accepted nowadays by every serious scientist is not that people "follow Darwin", but because there is overwhelming evidence for evolution and many other scientists after Darwin contributed something to that.
Also it is not true that everyone who accepts the theory of evolution is an atheist. There are many religious people who are smart and honest enough to admit that there is evolution.
2006-12-19 07:18:03 · answer #5 · answered by Elly 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
buddha is not a god to buddhist
and Atheists don't believe in god
they're just prophets
2006-12-19 07:17:57 · answer #6 · answered by Enthusiast 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What?! No, he's not a God. He was simply a great and brilliant man, to atheists, non-atheists and generally, the world of science.
He was as much a god as Leonardo DA Vinci, Thomas Edison or Albert Einstein. None of them were gods, but they all had brilliant thinking minds.
2006-12-19 08:18:32 · answer #7 · answered by Skippy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well seeing as how not all atheists believe in Evolution... I'd have to say NO.
To the ones to do believe, he's just an extremely intelligent man not a god.
2006-12-19 07:23:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Fellow Atheists,
Please join me in prayer to Our Lord Darwin, asking Him
to protect us from dumb questions like that.
Praise Darwin!
2006-12-19 07:18:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
That is a very silly question. Darwin was a scientist. If you are asking about Darwin then why not ask about Newton? I'm guessing you are a supporter of creationism.
2006-12-19 07:13:46 · answer #10 · answered by scientia 3 · 7⤊ 0⤋
Okay number one no and number two Buddha isnt a god.
2006-12-19 07:13:33 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋