“In this primitive idealist philosophy we find no mention of a god or of any supreme deity, nor of any religious obligation or observance such as worship. On the contrary, there is throughout a refreshing absence of ritual and such-like aspects of traditionalism and, indeed, it could not be otherwise in a System which depended upon utter sincerity and absolute freedom of spirit.””
The Buddha's Philosophy: Selections from the Pali Canon and an Introductory Essay