The Zen philosophy says, "God's existence doesn't matter"

Buddhism stands distinct among the wisdom-seeking religions of India (the religions that update their philosophies based on everyday questioning and learning), because it questions all blind-faiths, which includes the existence of God. Buddhists know that Buddha is not a God, who had had infinite powers to create the world or save humanity from evils or the one who protects the world. Instead they believe that Buddha is a preacher of pure wisdom.

The Zen Buddhists today have a better peace, clarity, tolerance and acceptance towards all religious people and the atheists is because, the existence of God doesn't matter to them anymore. The reason for their such conclusion could be well explained by taking the following scenarios:

1. If God exists and he's impartial to everyone in the universe, then there is no use in praying him for the improvement of one's life, because prayers won't make anyone special.

2. If God exists and he's poised towards good people, prayers would not help anyone attain any benefits from the God more than what he has earned by his good deeds.

3. If God exists and he's poised towards bad people, no matter how much prayer one does, he would be given the benefits on his bad deeds.

4. If God exists and he is poised towards flattery, earning benefits by pure flattery would question their honesty and self-respect. Hence it is simply a choice to sacrifice one benefit for another.

5. If God is a form of good force that drives the universe, then even the prayers are driven by the force and hence that would not alter the after effects.

6. If God does not exist, one's prayers and wishes reach no one. So their life would still be dependant on their own deeds.

When all the possibilities conclude that wishing for a benefit through prayers does not make anyone's life better, there is no need for anyone to pray to God to fulfill a wish. As every possibility suggests that the present deed would influence the future, the Zen Buddhists are acceptant and tolerant to everyone's opinions.