Atheist Zone | Winter Lily | Mentions https://atheistzone.com/members/earthheart/activity/mentions/ Activity feed mentioning Winter Lily. Fri, 17 Apr 2026 03:08:05 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 6d0b69a44d8908917b17cf143f777eca Simon Paynton replied to the topic Spiritual atheist. in the forum Atheism http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/spiritual-atheist/page/5/#post-2211 Wed, 05 Aug 2015 05:21:19 +0000 @PopeBeanie – “It’s an artificial value that human beings assign to it.”

– are you saying that values are artificial? Values are human. We take value from physical flourishing, we value a healthy baby, for example. We don’t like to see our house go up in a fire.

So there are such things in life as fact/value crossovers. Or s…[Read more]

]]> 5ef3a1e6e4d0f8df7c17472e01ca920c Simon Mathews replied to the topic Favorite book ever read. in the forum Bookish atheists http://atheistzone.com/groups/bookish-atheists/forum/topic/favorite-book-ever-read/#post-1618 Tue, 28 Jul 2015 16:27:39 +0000 @earthheart, I know what you mean about it not going anywhere. The plot is very meandering and somewhat random. I like it for that reason though. For me, that fits in with the personality of Holden’s character and what he is struggling with. It would not be considered a classic story-arc.

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]]> deaf893e857c6b200ccafcdbb7b17379 Simon Mathews replied to the topic Spiritual atheist. in the forum Atheism http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/spiritual-atheist/#post-1237 Thu, 23 Jul 2015 14:33:40 +0000 @earthheart, I think your definition fits well with what you wrote in your original post. Here is a definition of spiritual from good old Google that fits more with my understanding of it:

Spiritual: relating to or affecting the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or physical things.

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]]> 84f79c590787f5ea806043220d9e2e85 Simon Mathews replied to the topic Spiritual atheist. in the forum Atheism http://atheistzone.com/forums/topic/spiritual-atheist/#post-1214 Thu, 23 Jul 2015 08:48:42 +0000 @earthheart, “spiritual” is one of those terms that people use freely without defining what they mean by it. The two examples you have given seem like they are talking about experiences being emotional rather than spiritual. In which case the question would be “Can an atheist be emotional?”. To which the answer is obviously yes.

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