If Buddhists don't believe in God, how is Buddhism a religion?

I'm not an expert on all forms of Buddhism but the answer to this question depends on your definition of religion. read more

Most God based religion has God exist as a head and Buddhism has Buddha who is the head of the religion. The only difference is you can’t copy the God, but you can set Buddha as an example. You can say that Buddhist are setting Buddha as a highest idol and copying his nature. They believe in Buddha. read more

We don't believe in a god because we believe in humanity. We believe that each human being is precious and important, that all have the potential to develop into a Buddha - a perfected human being. We believe that humans can outgrow ignorance and irrationality and see things as they really are. read more

Buddhists believe that the ultimate goal in life is to achieve “enlightenment” as they perceive it. Buddhism’s founder, Siddhartha Guatama, was born into royalty in Nepal around 600 B.C. As the story goes, he lived luxuriously, with little exposure to the outside world. read more