2007-06-27 11:25:34 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No. I've watched meteor showers with atheists, and they thought it was pretty awesome, too. Non-believers can certainly exhibit a sense of wonder. We believers don't have a corner on the market.
2007-06-27 11:29:16 · answer #1 · answered by solarius 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No, not at all. I dont even think a sense of wonder is exclusive to the human race. I have seen animals watch something with what I could only call wonderment, although who knows waht animals really think?
2007-06-27 18:31:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I really see it as semantics. Most of the Atheists that come here on Y!A are staunchly anti-religious, but many of them might let the term "spiritual" slip by without complaining.
Most Atheists that I have talked to are not non-religious (in the percentage polls, many identified themselves as non-religious but not atheists). Legal and political matters regarding religious rights are important to them and they keep up on the current religious news.
Personally, I often just call it all "religion" even if it does piss some atheists off. You know that I meant beliefs, including but not limited to religious, anti-religious, non-religious, undecided, philosophy, theology, etc, etc, just like we ALL know that we are in the "Religion and Spirituality" section of Y!A.
PS: Maybe if the Atheists could all agree on a terminology that satisfies them all then we could all start using it. That will never happen because getting all the so called "Atheists" (and their many NOT denominations) to agree on anything is well nigh impossible just like getting any other (non) religious group to cooperate is so tough.
2007-06-28 12:52:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
I can't put my answer better than astrophysicist, head of NYC's Hayden Planetarium, and host of PBS's Nova Science Now, Neil de Grase Tyson.
Anyone interested in his non-religious view of wonder and atheistic "spirituality" and patient enough to sit through 17 mins of video should watch his two part presentation.
IMHO, it shows that wonder and "spirituality" is not exclusive to theists.
2007-06-27 18:33:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a very close minded question... why would something be exclusive to just one group of people.
I agree completely with MyPreshus. Nothing more should be said... but you should know how stupid your question is. A sense of wonder is what makes people question religion.
2007-06-27 18:31:00 · answer #5 · answered by lionsworth 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm filled with a sense of wonder every time I try to figure out which receipts I need to keep for taxes.
2007-06-27 18:31:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope, but it seems like it almost might as well be for me... I only get a sense of wonder when I'm viewing the world in infrared (using my eyes' own infrared receptors)
2007-06-27 18:30:27 · answer #7 · answered by yelxeH 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course not! Why do you think I am a birder? There is nothing that makes me catch my breath like the sight of a gorgeous bird. I am constantly blown away by the beauty and vastness of the universe.
2007-06-27 18:30:17 · answer #8 · answered by in a handbasket 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Religious people?...No, I think their sense of wonder is limited in scope to fit their small religious notions... whereas my sense of wonder is not limited in that way at all.
2007-06-27 18:30:29 · answer #9 · answered by CHEESUS GROYST 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
would perhaps put that down to spirituality more than religion Bettie
and it is not exclusive at all
2007-06-27 18:29:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋