Reply To: Spiritual atheist.

[PopeBeanie]

Sometimes I feel something similar to what I think spiritual people feel, and so I’m more interested in finding a way to communicate about “spiritual” things, in spite of my non-God, non-supernatural definition of it. I think it’s quite natural to feel we are and want to be part of something larger than ourselves, and in fact it must be an accidental outcome of evolution. Wolves howl in unison, and at the moon at times, and I imagine it’s not unlike people in church singing. I still get goose bumps listening to Ode to Joy; I didn’t even know at first its theistic theme. Good artists often tap successfully into the ethereal, metaphorical, “spiritual” feelings most of us share.

I have no evidence that spirituality comes naturally, but I can think of no better explanation (than what I’ve touched on, above) for why it’s so extant.