I go to Temple (Buddhist) and participate in the rituals and
contribute to their charities. As George Washington (a non-Christian
deist) said, "attending church is something a gentleman does." One nice
thing about Temple as opposed to Church is you don't have to listen to
sermons and you can do the various rituals or not as you please (some do
require physical abilities beyond me at my age and weight).
Lots of atheists feel Buddhism is in the end a good
thing so long as it doesn't take too many young men and turn them into
navel starers (there are some who are better off in monasteries, at
least for awhile). I don't buy most of the Buddha stories but I do
think we are reborn and that there is a non-materialist aspect to
existence, and I think the philosophy about the root nature of our
unhappiness and unease is close to the mark.
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