David L. McMahan yang menggeluti tentang Buddhisme dan Modernisasi mengungkapkan:
“Buddhism is a religion in which you don’t really have to believe anything in particular or follow any strict rules; you simply excecise compassion and intuition …it is democratic, encourages freedom of thought, and is more of a “spirituality” than a religion” (“The Roudledge Comnpanion to Literatur and Religion,” 2016, edited by Mark Knight).
Membaca pemikiran agama Denny JA tentang iman berbasis riset, kitab suci di abad 21, dan bab-bab lainnya, mengingatkan saya akan ciri saintifik dalam Buddhadharma.
