Editing Creationism (section)

===Buddhism===
{{See also|Creator in Buddhism}}
[[Buddhism]] denies a creator deity and posits that mundane deities such as [[Buddhist cosmology of the Theravada school#Brahm.C4.81 Planes|Mahabrahma]] are sometimes misperceived to be a creator.<ref>Harvey, Peter (2013). An Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, History and Practices (2nd ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pg. 36-8</ref> While Buddhism includes belief in divine beings called [[Deva (Buddhism)|devas]], it holds that they are mortal, limited in their power, and that none of them are creators of the universe.<ref name="Harvey, Peter 2019 p. 1">Harvey, Peter (2019). ''"Buddhism and Monotheism",'' p. 1. Cambridge University Press.</ref> In the [[Saṃyutta Nikāya]], the Buddha also states that the cycle of rebirths stretches back hundreds of thousands of eons, without discernible beginning.<ref>Keown, Damien (2013). ''"Encyclopedia of Buddhism."'' p. 162. Routledge.</ref>

Major Buddhist Indian philosophers such as [[Nagarjuna]], [[Vasubandhu]], [[Dharmakirti]] and [[Buddhaghosa]], consistently critiqued Creator God views put forth by Hindu thinkers.<ref>Hsueh-Li Cheng. "Nāgārjuna's Approach to the Problem of the Existence of God" in Religious Studies, Vol. 12, No. 2 (Jun., 1976), pp. 207–216 (10 pages), Cambridge University Press.</ref><ref>Hayes, Richard P., "Principled Atheism in the Buddhist Scholastic Tradition", ''Journal of Indian Philosophy'', 16:1 (1988:Mar.).</ref><ref name="Harvey, Peter 2019 p. 1"/>