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andy_d · 08-24-2003, 12:27 PM

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Originally posted by Ameena
There are 18 persons (including myself) with Secular Humanism in #1 spot. All of them have Theravada Buddhism within 6th position. Does that imply that Theravada Buddhism is much more secular than other major religions?

Well, it's not secular since it is a religion. The reason it's so high up is that it lacks belief in gods or divine judgement of human actions, so it shares much with secular humanist principles.

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