2007-05-24 09:26:38 · 10 answers · asked by iamnoone 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I've missed yoiu too Kallan. Big hugs.
2007-05-24 09:37:09 · update #1
Sorry for the typo, it's been a trying day.
2007-05-24 09:37:33 · update #2
Absolutely. There are many spiritual traditions that do not involve god or gods. And, frankly, the moral and ethical values in some of these traditions are superior in promoting peace and love as compared to the many hostile and hegemonic religions of the world.
If you are a genuinely kind and loving person, committed to peace, compassion and loving-kindness, you can have a much more profound spiritual impact in the world than by following some religion that does not help you to behave ethically and with love toward yourself and all others.
2007-05-24 09:36:13 · answer #1 · answered by buddhamonkeyboy 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
this question is a good example of how religion messed up the definitions of life... Each and Every human born is born spiritual, emotional, mental and physical... it is not religions that produce spirit however religion is the greatest factor in numbing spirituality in humanity. this increases the imbalance in our other parts... emotional distancing, irrational anger and fear... this is a symptom of spiritual imbalance or negativity. mental illnesses,,, inability to function in with reasonable judgment... ex a christian would claim a christian murderer is more forgiven than a good and kind pagan or atheist..... So because we tend our own spirit it could be said that an atheist is more spiritual.
2007-05-24 16:52:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I guess it depends on how you define 'atheist'. To me it's someone who doesn't believe in gods. It doesn't necessarily exclude any other beliefs, although many people seem to assume it does.
I'm a pagan Taoist, but since I don't believe that deities are real, technically that also makes me an atheist in spite of the fact that I have a spiritual philosophy.
2007-05-24 16:35:32 · answer #3 · answered by KC 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good question. I think of athiest as believing in nothing of a spiritual realm. Perhaps those are the "fundies" of athiesm.
Everyone else seems or to believe in at least the possibility of something in the spiritual realm that affects us. That makes them agnostics, or believers in something to me.
Just semantics I suppose.
2007-05-25 10:19:34 · answer #4 · answered by G's Random Thoughts 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, spirituality doesn't require a god.
***Thank you for answering my question the other day. I wish you hadn't deleted your answer. It helped. I know I'm not ready yet, maybe when I'm more confident or when it means too much for me to pretend otherwise.
2007-05-26 13:49:21 · answer #5 · answered by Aria 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, to both. I've met a few that claim they believe in a soul/spirit/what have you, but they don't believe in an All Mighty, Perfect Creator that loves everyone (that is, so long as you love him... if not, well.... lol)
2007-05-24 16:54:09 · answer #6 · answered by Kithy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Atheists believe there is no god. That doesn't preclude them from being spiritual.
I know a lot of atheists who believe in an afterlife. They just don't believe that there is a god.
btw, ((((((((((((((Red Queen))))))) !!! I've missed you!
2007-05-24 16:34:14 · answer #7 · answered by Kallan 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes....Buddhists may be atheist or agnostic, but they are spiritual.
~ Eric Putkonen
2007-05-24 16:38:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If God created us then He did so with a soul as well as a physical body,this being the case then yes we all are spiritual but if your spirituality is not directed towards God the Creator then it is dysfunctional and starving.
2007-05-24 16:33:44 · answer #9 · answered by Sentinel 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Spirituality doesn't always have to be about religion.
2007-05-24 16:30:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋