So he was an atheist. It would come as a shock to a number of Apple fanboys in the US.
Edit : so downvoters think a buddhist is not an atheist ? or that it would not shock anyone in the US ? or what ?
I don't know why people have downvoted you but ... Buddhism doesn't contradict there being a deity and some Buddhists worship figures as if they were gods and certainly consider some to have supernatural powers.
So it would seem based on the story here that you've not a strong starting point. Perhaps he was a deist/agnostic/atheist/apatheist I don't know or particularly care.
As to your second assertion, how is it relevant to peoples regard for the devices/software he was party to? How is that line of enquiry pertinent to HN?
