Welcome to the Real World

"One doctrine agreed upon by all branches of modern Buddhism is that 'This world is not created and ruled by a God.'" (The Heritage of the Bhikkhu (Grove Press, 1974), 137-138). "There is no almighty God in Buddhism. There is no one to hand out rewards or punishments on a supposedly Judgment Day. Buddhism is strictly not a religion in the context of being a faith and worship owing allegiance to a supernatural being (Tan Swee Eng, "A Basic Buddhism Guide." Buddhanet.net, 2004, italics added).

Who in his right mind would deny that Buddhism is a world "religion"? Atheists may not like it, but even though they do not believe that they owe allegiance to God, like Buddhism, Atheism (note the capitalization) is a religion and those that adhere to its beliefs are "religious."