RE: Freedom of Religion
February 10, 2012 at 2:11 am
(This post was last modified: February 10, 2012 at 2:25 am by The Grand Nudger.)
You might want to browse this link Abra..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equivocation
If you'd like to define, precisely, what spiritual is then we could see if the concept has indeed been addressed. It's likely that it has. If your definition for spiritual is simply "the unknown"...you're not exactly talking about the spirtual, and no, science has not ruled out "the unknown". Again, the concept of spirits and spirituality is not "the unknown" it is very, very well known. I could refer you to a literal mountain of information on the subject (not that it isn't extremely accessible without my help) The field is known as "social science", but I'm sure you're already aware of that.....
I don't know how my telephone works, does that mean that I should consider telephone elves as a possible explanation?
Also, atheists aren't "spreading lies", atheists who don't believe in spirits or the spiritual are asking you for evidence (which you have not provided), asking you for rational arguments (which you have not provided) or expressing skepticism (which you have not addressed) and mentioning that a wide range of spiritual explanations for this or that have been tested, and did not produce results (or produced results which led us to conclude that "spiritual" things are fairy tales). Atheism is about not believing in god, it just so happens that some atheists do not believe in spirits or "the spiritual" either, but that is an entirely separate issue.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equivocation
If you'd like to define, precisely, what spiritual is then we could see if the concept has indeed been addressed. It's likely that it has. If your definition for spiritual is simply "the unknown"...you're not exactly talking about the spirtual, and no, science has not ruled out "the unknown". Again, the concept of spirits and spirituality is not "the unknown" it is very, very well known. I could refer you to a literal mountain of information on the subject (not that it isn't extremely accessible without my help) The field is known as "social science", but I'm sure you're already aware of that.....
I don't know how my telephone works, does that mean that I should consider telephone elves as a possible explanation?
Also, atheists aren't "spreading lies", atheists who don't believe in spirits or the spiritual are asking you for evidence (which you have not provided), asking you for rational arguments (which you have not provided) or expressing skepticism (which you have not addressed) and mentioning that a wide range of spiritual explanations for this or that have been tested, and did not produce results (or produced results which led us to conclude that "spiritual" things are fairy tales). Atheism is about not believing in god, it just so happens that some atheists do not believe in spirits or "the spiritual" either, but that is an entirely separate issue.
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