spirituality

I start this thread to get an idea on people thought son those three things. I have never been into religion organized or otherwise for a few reasons. I was raised by my mum who said she was raised Pentecostal-which I have no working idea of because when she mentioned that in a conversation...

I don't get this word "spiritual". Is there something that someone else can feel but not me? Perhaps cavemen might have an inclination for mysticism but now we know better I think. I think people who claim to be spiritual are frauds. They like to believe they are on some higher plane that...

Hi all, At the risk of opening Pandora's Box, I have a high level question to put to you all. I am an atheist, and recently got a tattoo of a scarlet "A" to signify said atheism. A friend commented that she thought it was ill-advised to get a tattoo that signified atheism, as that was "a...

Hi, First, i'm not sure if this is the right board. I honestly don't think of the social-sciences as proper sciences like physics and chemistry, but rather socially-constructed histories that reflect the spirit of the day in which they are written. From that perspective I find that there are...

For a while I have doubted any psychic or paranormal phenomenon, always finding a rational "logical" explanation for the events instead. But lately I have been finding way too many events that seem unexplainable by conventional scientific logic. Here is one in particular that I find fascinating...

In this site, which is not mine and I did not write, you can find a powerful tool for meditation. The words are an illusion for the mind, and that's enough, but knowing how to use and able to read between the lines to see through and can lead to a deeper understanding. All the lessons of the...

I have from time to time asserted that "spirituality" is never defined in a way that means anything other than vague fuzzies. I must now admit someone has come up with something that makes a real definition possible, complete with evidences. Selective Brain Damage Modulates Human Spirituality...

Has anyone read "Fingerprints of God" by Barbara Bradley Hagerty. She apparently looks at spirituality from the scientific point of view (just read a review but not the book). It sounds like in the end she becomes attached to some kind of theism. Some of the reviews I've read have been good...

Excellent books on Divine knowledge, for all the levels of spiritual aspirants including scientists and atheist These discourses freely downloadable from the links shown below are the excellent collection of divine discourses of His Holiness Shri Datta Swami, given to different devotees around...

Last night I had a late night discussion with friends who don't believe in god. I asked them to affirm that that they were not spiritual people. That was an unpopular position to take. My position was that if you don't believe in spirits you can't be spiritual. I know it is an issue of...

I am not sure if this is the right place to post, but it seems appropriate. I am a very, very Reform Jew. I don't eat pork or shellfish and attend high holy days. That's the extent of it, really. Well, and until high school, my kids went to a private Jewish school, but that was only because...

I'm gonna try running one. Measures include: The Wonderlic (12 minute paper and pencil IQ test). Tests of basic cognition (reaction time and inspection time) Overclaiming (a signal detection based measure of familiarity with general world knowledge; correlates pretty nicely with IQ). Surveys...

http://www.iands.org/research/important_studies/dr._peter_fenwick_m.d._science_and_spirituality_6.htm what do you think about this?:D l

Could my once best friend, Skepticism, be my own worst enemy? It is said that many people in my position have been greatly helped by spirituality. But dammit it is just so incredibly stupid. Looking at all of the stories from people that are meant to bring spirituality into my life, I cannot...

I don't think it does. Do you?

I am having a dilemma on which I would appreciate some feedback. I have not had much religious or spiritual guidance/instruction in my life. During the past 2 years I have become acquainted with the JREF and skepticism, and the model appeals to my logical nature. I've read books about atheism...

Neurosurgeon: something guiding us i found that article somewhat interesting to read. feel free to post ur quotes of atheists declaring: no imagined god had anything to do with my skills.

Hi all, I am trying to write an essay on belief from the point of view of an atheist. I have been asked the question: I am having difficulty with this question because I don't see any semantic difference between the terms faith/belief/spirituality and religion/God. I have posted several...

I don't mind fundies. Well, not much. At least they have an opinion. I don't mind atheists either, in fact I am one. What really annoys me is uncritical, wishy-washy, homemade spirituality. I call it daytime TV spirituality because you usually hear it on daytime chatshows when a B-list celeb...

Is belief in god important to human beings? Read this article in The New York Times Studies seem to show that religious people live longer. But long lives are hardly a selective trait, since our reproductive life ends much earlier than our biological life. Any ideas?

Can you not be a religious person, but instead be a spiritual person? I hear someone describe herself this way on the radio, after she had one of those "I died, but came back" type experiences. I thought being religious and being spiritual were the same thing. I now stand to be corrected.

From another thread: What is rational spirituality, TamiO? Is it a viable position for a skeptic to take, or is it a compromise of a skeptic's process? Thanks. :)

What does spirituality mean to you? Is it just based on delusions of people and incorrect interpretations of reality? Frankly, to me that's all it's been; I've experienced some phenomena that could've been interpreted in a special manner but at the credulous phase I was in about year ago I...

Why is Mysticsm more advance than todays science? Science has not yet realized that nothing exist until after we perceive it A scientist would say: The speed of light is 186,000 miles per second. The mystic would say: The perceive speed of light is 186,000 miles per second. In mysticsm, the...

On the flight back from Singapore, yesterday, I saw an inflight movie which was very interesting for this group. It discussed Temporal Lobe Seizures and the Religious Experience. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2865009.stm Apparently, in 1997, there were some studies of temporal...

Do you think there can be spirituality (in life) without any religious attachment? Would you like to tell about ways of approaching this in case you go for "yes"?