I’m trying to compose myself in order to answer this, please be patient with me.
So, if the body doesn’t have a spirit, does that mean it’s the brain who makes us who we are? Is the brain separate from our mind? Oh dear. Having a hard time wrapping my brain around the idea that we don’t have a spirit. hmmm. What do you call the instinct we have when discerning right from wrong?
Reason.
Alternatively, evolutionary instinct.
Ok - so it seems like the dynamics of our relationships are the same.I’m married, have children, a large family, lots of friends and yes, I love many people unconditionally.
I’m a third degree Atheist.
It’s Godless.
Some days yes, some days no. Do Christians experience nothing but peace and bliss in their relationships?
Yes, yes, sometimes, once in a while and yes.
My knee jerk definition of the occult is devil worshiping. From your answer that is really a question, I take it that the occult is also rejected by atheists because the occult deals with the supernatural world that you don’t believe exists.
It’s really not as hard to imagine as you think it is. I’m not asking you to believe the sun did a dance, or that I can tell you what happens to a stillborn baby, or that I can tell you how many days of reading scriptures will shorten your time in a purgatory. I’m simply telling you that a quick trip to any retirement community or hospital should answer your questions about brain function being quite essential to what or we “are”.
I used a wink emoticon after my comment…I was teasing.
Great points. Thanks for explaining your position in a civil way.
Yes, Atheists don’t believe in God, the Devil, Angles, heaven or hell…nothing supernatural.
OHHHH! BONK! I missed that.
Yes, you did get that right Annemariels,
Great thread, I would be more than happy to oblige.
For me, I rely on my own personal strength. This is my only life, so I need to do what it takes to move through the difficult times and make a name and a life for myself that I can enjoy, especially now that i’m trying to build a family.
What you call “spirit”, we call “mind”. In our view the mind is the activity of the brain, “immaterial”, just like “walking” is the activity of the legs, also “immaterial”.
Again, speaking for myself. I was raised in an interesting family. My grandparents and my mother were Catholics, my father was Protestant. The grandparents were devout Catholics, my parents were “lukewarm”. I was a believer as a child, I was encouraged to go to church, but later I “grew out of it”. All my experiences in the church I attended were excellent, not one blemish on the pastor and his assistants. I cannot imagine a more loving, peaceful, great family. I am very lucky to have been raised by my parents.
Spend time with friends/family, or do things that are fun to distract myself.
True, but this is a huge difference, shaping every bit of that person physically and mentally. Method of thought, I find, is a large difference especially in knowing v faith (i.e. knowing without knowing). For instance, there are a lot of people who i’ve seen that believe scientific method is on par with faith. That is to say that one must have faith to believe that scientific method will and does work as intended. The difference between the two being that faith asks for nothing while scientific method requires hypothesizing and empirical data (lots of something). But this is just my observation
You must want us (with Religion) to try to help you out with this godless problem you have…
