I find it hard to believe that someone doesn't believe in anything at all.
2006-12-10 05:31:20 · 15 answers · asked by Skypride 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Atheists believe in plenty of things - the natural things that make up the universe.
As far as believing in "anything spiritual", I'm sure that there are some atheists who do, but I do not, and I suspect that the majority of atheists do not either. The whole "spirituality" thing seems shallow and empty.
2006-12-10 05:51:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
As far as possible, I try not to be "inclined" at all!
The aim is to believe what is, and not believe what isn't.
What I would *like* to be true rather gets in the way of that.
Ah, but what is, that is the question. Not to rule anything in or out. Extrasensory perception? A collective human unconscious? The material world as illusion or computer simulation? The migration of souls, past-life recall? (Noting that extraordinary claims require corresponding proof!)
Please do not mistake all atheists for simple materialists.
If I do not believe in the supernatural, it is because that anything that DOES exist I take to be part of nature, not some "other realm." Human beings may be capable of far more than we have really accepted. But that's not supernatural, except by a quirk of language.
Or is spiritual here to be taken in a more ethical light?
What values one should espouse? If that's a spiritual quest then that too is open to atheists.
2006-12-10 13:51:17 · answer #2 · answered by Pedestal 42 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Being "spiritual" and believing in an imaginary sky-fairy are two different things. One atheist I knew was the most spiritual man I'd ever run across. Insightful, contemplative, and sensitive to the world around him.
2006-12-10 13:44:21 · answer #3 · answered by Scott M 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Buddhists are almost exclusively atheists yet some of them belief in a lot of metaphysical phenomena like rebirth, souls etc.
2006-12-10 14:13:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Atheists just don't believe in things in the absence of evidence.
You wouldn't buy a car without proof that it existed, would you? Then why build your life around some unproveable god?
2006-12-10 13:35:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 9⤊ 0⤋
I believe in lots of things, but nothing supernatural. There isn't a shred of real evidence supporting most claims.
No Evidence = Someone Made It Up.
2006-12-10 13:36:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
Well believe it! I promise I do not believe in anything.
2006-12-10 13:33:36 · answer #7 · answered by ana_is_a_cat 4 · 6⤊ 0⤋
most atheists find it hard to believe that anyone would take anything like religion on blind faith.
2006-12-10 13:33:59 · answer #8 · answered by Samurai Jack 6 · 8⤊ 0⤋
we do not beleave in gods the afterlife ghosts the devil thay are just fairy tales that belong in the dark ages
2006-12-10 14:00:43 · answer #9 · answered by andrew w 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
*sigh*
Just because we don't believe in an invisible sky daddy or soul doesn't mean we don't believe in ANYTHING.
2006-12-10 13:41:39 · answer #10 · answered by eri 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋