Original sentence: Advocates of this view claim Buddhism is exceptional in its relationship between religion and science.While downplaying Buddhism's theological attributes, they assert that Buddhism contains philosophic and psychological teachings that share commonalities with modern scientific and philosophic thought, or they assert that modern Western thinkers were variously influenced by Buddhist concepts
Edited sentence: Advocates of this view claim Buddhism is exceptional in its relationship between religion and science, either by downplaying Buddhism's theological attributes and asserting that Buddhism contains philosophic and psychological teachings that share commonalities with modern scientific and philosophic thought, or they assert that modern Western thinkers were variously influenced by Buddhist concepts