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I asked the question if it is permitted because some Christians proselytize. The answer appears to be that it is ok.

Two other posters have commented on what is and is not Buddhist. I am offering my opinon--posters can take it or leave it.
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Well I would only say that it's not exactly clear he who has the right to define what it means to be "Buddhist", and then decide if that falls under the category of "religion". It's all a bunch of semantics that doesn't really mean much.
If you follow the teaching of the Buddha, you are, by definition, a Buddhist. Just like Marxists or Chomskyites.
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