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snakenobi said:
Rath said:
There is no real evidence of anything supernatural having ever happened. Therefore I don't believe in anything supernatural, which makes me an atheist.


religion isn't about supernatural things happening,not all are atleast

 

anything supernatural happening will disturb the perfectness of this world

 

The creation of the universe would still be considered supernatural. All theistic religions are going to attribute this act to God. Once the universe is created, God might not intervene because of the perfectness of the world, but it still requires the first supernatural act.

Also, as you have defined it, someone could be both religious and an atheist at the same time. An atheist believes God does not exist. In the case of Buddhism (the non-theistic strains), there is no God, so someone could actually be Buddhist while not believing in God, hence, they would subscribe to both Buddhism and atheism. This is the reason why most people limit the discussion of religion v. atheism to theistic strains of religion. Without the question of God, there is not really much to debate.