Do Atheists who believe that religion is devoid of science, believe that atheism is devoid of spirituality?

Question

Do the atheists that believe religion and science are mutual exclusive also believe that spiritualism and atheism are mutually exclusive as well?

Answer 1

Well, no... spirituALITY and atheism are NOT mutually exclusive. SpirituALITY primarily has to do with self-realization. I think that people who insist that spirituALITY involves belief in gods, souls and spirits and such are confusing spirituALITY with 'spirituALISM'... which, of course, is entirely different. I think that atheism and spirituALISM ARE mutually exclusive.

With regard to science...

"It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world (universe) so far as our science can reveal it." ~ Albert Einstein

... now THAT'S 'spirituality'.

I DO think that religion and science are mutually... despite what Gould had to say about 'Non-overlapping Magisteria'. Science is involved in SEEKING knowledge... religion is involved with ASSERTING the ILLUSION of knowledge. I do not think that they are in any way compatible.
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Answer 2

Spiritualism is a tricky word. If you mean respect for life, inspiration in and awe of nature, and a desire to make life better for yourself and others, than yes, many or most atheists are spiritual. If you mean that we believe in supernatural forces who help us and guide us, then, no. That's what makes us atheists.

Are science and religion mutually exclusive? I don't think so. There are areas where they can overlap, but generally they don't ask the same questions. "What is the meaning of life" is a spiritual/religious question, and science can't answer it. "How did life on earth begin" is a scientific one, and religion doesn't have the tools to answer that. The conflict comes in where religious doctrine or dogma is threatened by scientific discovery.

Answer 3

I'm agnostic, but, to answer your question, people use the word "spirituality" to mean all sorts of things, so atheism and spirituality might or might not be mutually exclusive depending on how one defines this elusive concept.

Answer 4

Religion the way it is is devoid of science for sure. It demands belief no matter what the evidence and that excludes science.

There are some spiritual atheists. It really doesn't apply to me, but they are not incompatible.

Answer 5

Depends on your definition of spiritual. I personally don't like the word because it sounds too much like there is some higher power involved, but that doesn't mean I don't meditate (which could be deemed spiritual). I do believe that our minds are capable of much more than we currently do and I believe that we can evolve to be better people. That's what I am interested in for my own life.

Answer 6

This depends on what you mean by 'spirituality'. If you mean non-material, supernatural things, then most atheists would not believe in them. If, on the other hand, you mean a joy in life, an amazement in the universe around us, a desire to feel connection with others, then most atheists would be spiritual in that sense.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Atheists tend not to be great believers.

I think that most Atheists would consider themselves to be spiritual in some way.

After all, we are all faced with the same reality, and there are great mysteries in life.

Some people just don't like to do it "by the book."

Answer 9

As you can see from the answers you are getting, atheists disagree amongst themselves as much as any members of any other belief-system.

To the extent that most definitions of spiritual involve something for which there is no proof, it does seem quite contradictory that an avowed atheist could dismiss a deity but embrace an invisible life-force, but what do I know? I'm not an atheist, so I'm already going through life half-******, and in no position to evaluate other belief systems.

Answer 10

Every single aspect of humanity cannot be neatly compartmentalized. It's like asking "Do you think that people with very high IQs are devoid of emotions." Science-Religion or Intelligence-Emotions. Humans can't be chopped up into segments like that.