Do Buddhists believe in God?

Buddhists do not believe in an eternal creator God, though Buddhism allows for the existence of lesser, mortal gods which are merely a part of the cycle of rebirth like men and animals. Instead of a traditional deity, Buddhist devotion centers on escaping suffering through realizing the truth of Nirvana. read more

And if you want to believe in God, as some Buddhists do, I suppose it's OK. But, Buddhist's don't believe God can end suffering. Only the teaching's of the Buddha can help us end suffering through wisdom and the activity of compassion. read more

Buddhists suspend judgement until such evidence is forthcoming. The third reason the Buddha did not believe in a god is that the belief is not necessary. Some claim that the belief in a god is necessary in order to explain the origin on the universe. But this is not so. read more