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- From: tedwards@eng.umd.edu (Thomas Grant Edwards)
- Subject: Re: Atheism and Intelligence
- Message-ID: <1992Dec26.092545.16601@eng.umd.edu>
- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 92 09:25:45 GMT
- Organization: Project GLUE, University of Maryland, College Park
- References: <1992Dec09.200845.26187@bnr.ca> <o7H2VB2w165w@iowegia.uucp>
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- In article <o7H2VB2w165w@iowegia.uucp> quest@iowegia.uucp (Steve J. Quest) writes:
- > I stand on my own in this world, but do require the
- >support of other fellow humans- not deities. I am an atheist, and
- >I am in a great minority.
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- I'd like to add that there is nothing wrong with developing
- a sense of spirituality while remaining an atheist. I enjoy
- Wiccan circles, catholic masses, technopagan rituals, etc.
- I know the spirituality I experience is metaphorical and
- not part of the reality which science reveals.
-
- I used to be a very "violent atheist," being totally
- unaccepting of any kind of spirituality as "stupid."
- I found that this stance really began to dehumanize me.
-
- I realize now that like the illusion of love, the illusion of
- spirituality is a key part of our humanity, and I revel in it,
- but continue to keep touch with reality.
-
- -Thomas
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