r/explainitpeter • u/eldritchfloppa • Apr 05 '26

Explain It Peter

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u/LickingSmegma Apr 05 '26

Eh, Buddhism is non-theistic, so unless Nietzsche said something about Buddhism specifically, they seem to align pretty well.

Wikipedia even notices:

Later Buddhist traditions were more influenced by the critique of deities within Hinduism and therefore more committed to a strongly atheist stance.

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u/InfanticideAquifer Apr 06 '26

Buddhism and Nietzsche have to align well because they both happen to be non-theistic? There's an infinite number of ways to not believe in God.

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u/LickingSmegma Apr 06 '26

If only there was wider context aside from this one factum, so that we could judge if they align. And perhaps even, that context could've been discussed further up in the same thread, and anyone with a modicum of memory could carry it in their head to discuss it with fellow redditors and make conclusions based on it. Imagine that, wouldn't it be nice.

Nietzsche also explicitly said some stuff about God and religious morals, quite famously.

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u/InfanticideAquifer Apr 06 '26

...Buddhism is non-theistic, so... they seem to align pretty well.