Is anything sacred? (Extra credit for specifying what it is for you.)

[KevinM1]

The sacred for those of us who have not invested it with subjecthood, it is still motivating and uplifting.  One is inspired to act on its behalf.  We value contact with whatever it may be.  I can see where even the words "devotion" and "serve" can be applied.  The difference I think is that the sacred we perceive does not command our actions, it only inspires them.  If we seek to serve it we recognize how that is self serving in that it will allow us to maintain the connection.

This is well said. When I gaze upon the universe and contemplate it, I do feel inspired. Likely because it reframes how I view my existence in comparison to everything else. I think these feelings, these kinds of thoughts, are why so many of us are secular humanists. Because when you realize that you're a vulnerable sack of meat and water living on a spinning ball of mud in the ass end of the galaxy, well, you try to find ways to make things better for yourself and all the other vulnerable sacks of meat and water you have to share the mud with. And you also realize that a lot of the things designed to control us and pit us against one another - gender, race, religion, etc. - are really arbitrary, and certainly not worth the attention they're given.