Quote Originally Posted by CocaCola
But you can't deny that most religions have some good ideas... I agree in part with some of the ideals of Christianity but not that there is a God, for example. And what about Buddism? To my understanding, Buddah was not a supernatural being... he was a man who had set a moral code for his followers to live by. So Buddism isn't a religion then? It's a philosophy.

it's constantly debated whether buddhism, at it's core, is a religion or a philosophy. I guess I'd call it a philosophy myself. and yes, buddha was not supernatural at all and never tried to tell us he was, but sadly enough many priests and the like made him into one later because some people just need a magical man to believe in.