As for the Indians (oops can we still call them that - oh, yeah, THOSE Indians dont mind!), they are right that they could survive, but it would be a heck of a mess, lots of folks would have to re-enter the wheel of life to pay for past sins and all that.
I expect the Budhists to manufacture a new god for just this occasion! Now that is a flexible belief system.
Care to explain the basis for your "admiration"?