(November 17, 2014 at 1:21 pm)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:atheism will always be a positive act of rejection of spiritual experiences as divine.
I regard spiritual "experiences" as delusional.
Yes, some try to water that word down by claiming it is not a standard claim of old books. Some try to use it in a new age sense but it still amounts to gap filling and the ignorance of how your own brain works and can feel intense.
When I feel something intense I chalk that up to my body reacting to stimuli. I don't conflate it beyond my own biology.