HISTORY
ANCIENT CHINA
Question
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polytheistic
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monotheistic
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non-theistic
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all of them
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Detailed explanation-1: -Buddhism is a non-theistic religion (no belief in a creator god), also considered a philosophy and a moral discipline, originating in India in the 6th and 5th centuries BCE.
Detailed explanation-2: -Hinduism is commonly viewed as inherently theistic, a tradition in which all of its followers center their practices around the belief in and worship of some form of God or deity.
Detailed explanation-3: -Buddhists do not believe in any kind of deity or god, although there are supernatural figures who can help or hinder people on the path towards enlightenment. Born on the Nepali side of the present day Nepal-India border, Siddhartha Gautama was a prince around the fifth century B.C.E.
Detailed explanation-4: -Buddhism is a religion lacking the idea of a unique creator God. It is a kind of trans-polytheism that accepts many long-lived gods, but sees ultimate reality, Nirvana, as beyond these.
Detailed explanation-5: -In other words, it questions not the existence but the signfficance of god or gods. To the extent then that atheism consists in the denial of the existence of god or gods Buddhism is not technically atheistic, since what it really questions is not the existence but the significance of god or gods.