[SonOfDarkSkies]

Look at the article itself (and go beyond the first Webster's definition). The Dalai Lama himself refers to it as a religion...and so does most of the world.

BTW, my comment was not meant to denigrate Buddhism but to make the point that, by comparison, if Buddhism is a religion, so is atheism (defined as a non-belief in God by its secular humanist adherents).

As an aside, much (if not all) of Zen Buddhism fits nicely with the teachings of Jesus.

[TigersEye]

The Dalai Lama himself refers to it as a religion...and so does most of the world.

True, it is difficult to decide. When I met my teacher he had been a Buddhist for 21 years and he said he still couldn't decide if it was a religion or not. FWIW there are no beliefs that need to be embraced in Tibetan Buddhism.