Dualism

[LEDO]

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"The belief that there is a "physical world" and a "spiritual world"."



You sound like a spiritual humanist. You might try the magazine "Human Quest" (if it still exists)/ Steve Allen was associated with it as well as John Shelby Spong.

Hi Ledo
You're not yourself a convinced nor a less convinced atheist.Are you?
Let me tell you this.If you have an argument with an opponent of you and you try to understand his point of view or even to recognize that his philosophy speaks to a certain category of people,then it proves not of a weakness of your position but quite contrary a strength of your conviction.
Religion is a fact of life for billions of people,nothing doing.
We as atheists, whith our activities ,even within the frame of this forum,do not only convince each other of the rightness of our philosophy (call it only belief if it pleases you) but we also try to convince
non-atheists.That's the right thing to do.
We are not playing ping-pong with ideas,as elated as they might be,but we are happy to think at least that we are convincing other people to join atheism.
Recognizing the fact that religion ,besides its negative deeds in the past and to day, has in the same time also positive influences on the minds of people does not disminish out atheist convincing whatsoever.
So, by puting me in a certain category as a spiritual humanist is nothing but totaly wrong indicating that you have not understood my opinion.
If you have other opinions you could come out with contra-arguments but categorizing me and recommending material for study means little to me.
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Don't get your panties in a wad, I only made a suugestion, I didn't pigeon hole anyone.
There are meatheads out there I wouldn't want calling themselves atheist, especially the Irish.
AND DON"T CALL ME LIZ!!!!

(Damn, my blood sugar is running high again.)