(June 25, 2013 at 2:15 pm)BadWriterSparty Wrote:(June 25, 2013 at 1:50 pm)Savannahw Wrote: You want to know what I my to explain my personal religious definition... Well, that is tricky. The simplest way to explain it is I feel a deep connection with the world. I enjoy religious studies, meditation, the acts that make life seem spiritual. I find no proof of god, but I find no reason to attribute any spiritual phenomenon to one. The world is a magical place.
I hear "spiritual" all over the place, and there is never one, concise definition to it. Before I can understand why you believe in spiritual things or a magical world, I want to know how you define these words because I'm lost in translation.
I love Sam Harris who unfortunately calls himself a "spiritual atheist", and it makes me cringe that he is attempting to adapt theistic language to compete with theism. Just call it what it is "a sense of awe". No need to conflate reality to wooish standards.
