Are Buddhists and Hindus fake religions?

 

As a man with an electrical engineering degree you should be able to frame a simple question in correct grammar.

“Buddhists” and “Hindus” are not religions - they are people who follow the religion.

So your question in simple school boy English should be:-

“Are BUDDHISM and HINDUISM fake religions?”

Next let’s parse terms.

FAKE - adjective - “Having a false or misleading appearance”; fraudulent.

Buddhism and Hinduism are philosophical systems with an epistemology, ontology and metaphysics - you may be deceived by superficial external appearances - but that is because of your lack of enquiry, research and investigation in the respective philosophies.

“Fraudulent” applies to a person or persons who are defrauding others for personal or political gain. And since neither Buddhism nor Hinduism have a central committee and a marketing policy and strategy, and there are no beneficiaries, the term Fraudulent cannot possibly apply to either system.