&gt;does it make any supernatural claims? Yes? Silly, ridiculous relic.<p>Not everyone views the world from an empiricist or materialist atheistic viewpoint. I don&#x27;t think it&#x27;s nice to say something is ridiculous simply because you don&#x27;t see it that way. Further, many followers of religion wouldn&#x27;t say it&#x27;s supernatural at all - it&#x27;s part of nature that hasn&#x27;t been uncovered, or it can&#x27;t be uncovered.<p>&gt;Please don&#x27;t bore us with the usual equivocating about how Buddhism is different, and complex, highly personal, etc.<p>Buddhism is largely different from other religions, first and foremost that it doesn&#x27;t mandate the worship of a god, and further can be interpreted in such a way that can dispense with <i>most of</i> what you see as supernatural. Secondly, for it&#x27;s &quot;find out yourself&quot; nature that encourages questioning and going beyond the realm of logical thinking.<p>And it is highly personal - it&#x27;s got the idea that you have to be the one to set yourself on the path. You can&#x27;t be saved by someone simply by praying etc.<p>&gt;I&#x27;m not aware of any useful aspects of Buddhism that don&#x27;t have a purely secular equivalent.<p>Buddhists are aware of one - it&#x27;s called Nibbana - and it can only be realized by following the Noble Eightfold Path, which I will say relies heavily on the idea of kamma and &quot;supernatural&quot; ideas.<p>Please do not be so dismissive.