Are you a spiritual person?
Are you an immorral person?
I just see the question asked her every 17 minutes "why are atheists here if they aren't religious" and just wondered,
Are you a spiritual person.
Also for bonus consideration, how many CHristians are going to answer this telling me I need Jesus and quote their book.
2006-06-30 05:05:29 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I am Christian and I promise not to quote "the book" to you.
I just want to thank you for asking this question in a respectful way. I'm sick to death of people talking to the atheists like they have no right to live or as if they're stupid.
peace.
2006-06-30 05:11:13 · answer #1 · answered by jymsis 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I am a spiritual person even though I am an agnostic. Fun is my spiritual path.
And I'll put my morality up against any religious person's morality any time. I know right from wrong and don't need the threat of eternal punishment to do justice and be fair. I don't judge people because...to paraphrase something Tom Petty said...I don't know what it's like to be them...to see life through their eyes...
2006-06-30 05:27:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a Pantheist so I don't know if I qualify to answer your question.
Do I feel spirit? Why yes. I am fairly convinced spirit resides within me, though, I can't give you a logical reason as to why I am convinced of this.
Am I a immoral person? Your question presumes a degree of judgement from an observer of my behaviors and thoughts. So, Yes, to some I would be judged as an immoral person. To others I'm a saint. Either way, their judgements are little reflection, if any, of who I am.
If my morals are displayed by my actions or behaviors, I can affirm that those behaviors are within the guidelines dictated by federal, state and local laws and ordinances.
2006-06-30 05:25:59 · answer #3 · answered by Jack Meoff 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not sure how to answer whether or not I am a spiritual person. I choose not to believe in a "religion" because I think they are recognized cults, nothing more. However, I do have faith. I have faith in humanity and I have faith in myself, etc...
I am not an immoral person. Just because I don't believe in a "god" doesn't mean that I don't know right from wrong or that I believe in the devil or something like that. I just don't think that I need to believe in something other than what exists around me...my family, etc... I don't need to rely on the belief in something bigger than me to get through each day. And I don't need a group of people telling me how I should live my life or what's right and wrong.
2006-06-30 05:15:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you a spiritual person? Yes
Are you an immorral person? Kinda
I believe in a superior being whether it be what ever you wish to beleive in. I just don't support organized religion. It's fascist.
Although I do agree with some points of all religions including Satanism which ironcly has nothing to do with the devil.
2006-06-30 05:12:10 · answer #5 · answered by Zork 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not spiritual, I used to be. I was raised Roman Catholic and was the only one (of 5) children in my family to turn away from the church. I'm a moral person because I was raised Catholic and those roots can be weeded out of me, but I follow the rules that I believe in. If you're interested in morality and spirituality you might want to read Kohlberg (Psychologist) and Nietzsche (Existential Philosopher).
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2006-06-30 05:11:33 · answer #6 · answered by Brian G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't say I am necessarily spiritual. I am NOT immoral, in fact I hold quite high moral values on just about everything, or I try to.
Heh its suprising how often I have been asked this though. A friend once asked me if, since I did not believe in god, was it ok for me to murder? <-- This is honestly the stupidest question I have ever been asked.
2006-06-30 05:09:53 · answer #7 · answered by TiFFeRz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I just find it hard to belive that a celestiall being created the world. What was before him? I think it might of been a story. Nowadays I think some people use religion as a cushion because they're scared of what happens when we die.
For the record, I'm agnostic, not an athiest.
2006-06-30 05:11:46 · answer #8 · answered by Jack 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One does not need religion or spirituality (as if there's a difference) in order to be moral. Morals do not come from God because God does not exists. They do not come from religious people because they are just as immoral as anyone else.
2006-06-30 05:11:54 · answer #9 · answered by Antique Silver Buttons 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love those labels too.
I'm not a Christian. A Jew. A Buddhist. An atheist. An agnostic. A Wiccan.
I'm a human just like every single one of you out there. When humanity gets rid of these labels, then we'll figure out what god is all about.
2006-06-30 05:52:26 · answer #10 · answered by American Spirit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋