RE: Spirituality as an atheist?
December 16, 2015 at 5:19 pm
(This post was last modified: December 16, 2015 at 5:25 pm by Reflex.)
(December 16, 2015 at 5:02 pm)Stimbo Wrote: You're missing the point. Even if we accept as incontrovertible that "God is spirit", it absolutely does not follow that everything spirit is "God". For my money, I think the word "spirituality" is a sloppy one, with far too much loaded baggage. I would much rather a cleaner label for such experiences. But we're stuck with it, for reasons of linguistic tradition. To cream over "ramifications" of the limitations of language is not only to tilt at windmills, it's attempting to run before you learn to crawl. First you need to demonstrate that all spiritual experiences have a godly source and no other; then we can talk about what the ramifications are for non-theists.
Your logic presupposes a finite God, something most theists explicitly deny. (Note my religious preference in the top left corner.)
But, yes, I agree that the word "spirituality" does has a lot of baggage, but only because of being used sloppily over time. That's why I added the definition from the online etymology dictionary to my previous post.
As far as to demonstrating "that all spiritual experiences have a godly source and no other," I've already listed the only logical alternative.
