There are not suppose to be Gods in Asia but at least a Vietnamese man told me Buddha was like Christ to them.
I wonder if you actually met Asians who were Buddhists or American Buddhists.
You will find a lot of info saying Buddhism is atheistic but that concept even seems to be a bit of a Western interpretation to an Eastern Religion.
And let’s not forget, if this guy was a Buddhist and bought into Reincarnation, he’s going to have the worse in his next life time. And again, I add in, if one believed in that.
“Finally, Tibetan Buddhist cosmology features a “vast number of divine beings (each with its own family, consort, and pacific and terrifying aspects), which are considered symbolic representations of the psychic life by the religiously sophisticated and accepted as realities by the common people.” ....
In view of the above factors, scholars and Buddhists alike tend to describe Buddhism as atheistic in the sense that it denies an eternal creator God {7}, while recognizing its theistic and devotional elements.
- http://www.religionfacts.com/buddhism/beliefs/atheism.htm
This is the thing, they basically still do have “divine beings in the faith.
They definitely have a lot of Spiritual Beings though the article seems to imply they are actually representations but probably not to the common man.
The only Buddhist I knew to any extent, was an excellent cook, even though she didn’t use bacon grease (an important ingredient here in Tennessee). But the hot peppers! Oh, mama!