Using the word Spiritual

[Bob Kelso]

How many atheists here use that word to describe yourselves? How would you define it? I'm hesitant in using it because the word has a lot of supernatural baggage.

I typically don’t.

If I were to use the word I would do so sparingly, and only as a descriptor for overpowering human emotion. Like if I’m completely overwhelmed with love or awe. I think it’s also a decent term for that odd and fleeting feeling of universal connection people sometimes get when staring at the ocean or other such natural wonders.

To be succinct, I think it can be applied in a no supernatural nonsense way when talking about emotion.