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MJ
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Date: March 15, 2011 10:37AM
Which of the 4000+ Gods do you believe in, or are you just making one up, thus knowingly believing in a made up God? Or are you now saying that you are believing in a God that NOBODY else but you has found by your magical, unexplained path to knowledge?
Seriously, you say "I believe that there are other paths to knowledge and understanding besides empirical evidence, particularly after studying scientific 'facts'..." Then what EXACTLY is your evidence? A burning bosom, like the Mormons use to "prove" their religion is true? What validation do you have that your "other paths" lead to reliable results, or to an actual truth?" Seriously, you could "believe" in pink unicorns, but that does NOT make it a truth, neither does believing in these "other paths", so what are they and what PROVES that they lead to truths?
You are quick to bash science, yet you offer no alternative. I do not believe science is a religion, it is NOT A RELIGION to me. Upon investigation, I find the scientific method to be the most reliable method of gaining new knowledge, and nothing more. IF someone, perhaps you, could point to a more reliable method for doing this, I would change my mind. As of yet, I have not seen anything better. In fact, I have not even seen an alternative to science provided by you.
So, what exactly is your path to the knowledge of your God?
And other sources have quite different definitions... as has been pointed out here, dictionaries only report how they have seen the word used, they do not control nor dictate the meaning of the word, but lets look at Websters shall we:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spiritual: of, relating to, consisting of, or affecting the spirit : incorporeal <spiritual needs>
2
a : of or relating to sacred matters <spiritual songs> b : ecclesiastical rather than lay or temporal <spiritual authority> <lords spiritual>
3
: concerned with religious values
4
: related or joined in spirit <our spiritual home> <his spiritual heir>
5
a : of or relating to supernatural beings or phenomena b : of, relating to, or involving spiritualism : spiritualistic
— spir·i·tu·al·ly adverb
— spir·i·tu·al·ness noun
See spiritual defined for English-language learners »
Clearly Websters allows for godless spirituality
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 03/15/2011 11:43AM by MJ.