[adam_az]

In Buddhism, the Buddha is not worshipped. There is no "god" or "devil" or supernatural entities in Buddhist terms. With time it's become practiced by some with dogmas and rituals, but that's not what was taught by Gautama Buddha. I'm not Buddhist BTW, but I know quite a bit about it (my girlfriend studies the ancient languages, like sanskrit and pali, and archaeology of that region.)

[Steve_Seattle]

Once you get involved in real Buddhism, as opposed to theoretical Buddhism, it because very much like a Western religion. This is particularly true of Tibetan Buddhism, with its various "deities" such as Tara and Chenrezig who are prayed to in a way similar to the way in which Catholics pray to saints. The theory is different, but the practice is very similar.

[USMMA_83]

I have a masters in Sankrit. If you read the ancient Sanskrit text it will change your life. Those poets were way ahead of their time. Or maybe, the Vedic and Aryan culture perised when the Moslems invaded India. There was a university in India - the oldest one in the world - it had more text books than all the world combined. The moslems burnt it to the ground - everything lost.