Why is there so much disagreement as to whether or not Buddhism should be considered a religion?

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BUDDHISM 'S STATUS AS A RELIGION

The realms of human life are innumerable with profoundly infinite divisions through internal and external hidden and apparent comprehensible and incomprehensible manifestations . No matter how much scientific and technological deities may claim to have achieved and mastered , a miracle every now and then astounds us all . Saved records of phenomenon and discoveries from many eras of history provide startling evidences of some Mighty presence , perplexing to human thought and imaginations but still existent

and evident . Surely enough any reasonable mind should interpret all these intricacies to be speaking of A Divine , Powerful Existence . Since time immemorial , though differing in level and intensity of belief , man has believed in the presence of An Omnipresent Master . Just as a mother does not leave her child without guiding her enough , in the same and much superior vein Lord did not leave us alone in this world . Religion was the term coined to represent Lord 's Guidance for His napve creation i .e . us . Buddhism , more like any simple code of ethics gets disqualified every time when analyzed as a religion , due to the absence of A Mighty existence and religious essentials

If we look at any dictionary for the definition of religion , we 'll surely come across its pre-requisites or common essentials of religion which include an Omnipotent Divine Master and a composite set of guidelines , morals , and ethics in the form of revelations to serve as complete...