Buddhism

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🗓️ 4 October 2016

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Is Buddhism a religion? A philosophy? Both? Something else? Many Buddhist organizations - physical and online - promote it as a way of "finding peace within oneself.

What about atheists who are Buddhists? Is this a spiritual journey, or a method for framing a physical one?

LINKS:

David G. McAfee on Buddhism: https://davidgmcafee.wordpress.com/2010/12/01/buddhisms-lived-and-portrayed-traditions

Stephen Batchelor: http://www.stephenbatchelor.org

No Religion Required podcast: https://noreligionrequired.com

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0:36.3	Assume nothing.
0:38.0	Brash ball face blast from me. Question. Everything.
0:42.1	I find it extremely hard to imagine. Open your eyes.
0:46.2	It is quite alright to be an atheist. The fastest growing group of people in the country
0:50.8	has been measured as being those who have no belief or who are atheists. You don't have to be
0:55.6	apologetic or quiet about it. Challenge the opposition. You see religion on
0:59.6	a hundred fronts losing the argument. And start thinking.
1:07.6	This is the thinking atheist worldwide.
1:14.2	Today's show is about Buddhism. I want to start by saying a huge thanks in advance to my upcoming
1:20.8	guest on the show. David McAfee is going to be back. He joined me just a few weeks back to talk
1:26.0	about the book of gods. But he has religious studies background. He's authored four books. He's
1:30.7	done a lot of writing about Buddhism. So he wanted to weigh in. It was brought to my attention that
1:35.2	Bobby and Ashley from the No Religion required podcast have a background in Buddhism. So
1:41.0	I tapped them on the shoulder. They're going to join me. They're always fun.
1:44.3	Mostly because they sort of filter their skepticism and awesomeness through these wonderfully
1:48.8	warm southern accents. It's just amazing. So looking forward to talking to them.
1:53.6	I've got Stephen Vatula. He is a secular Buddhist. He's going to join me for a bit to talk about
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