Comments on: Dawkins reviews Hitchens http://agylen.com/2007/09/22/dawkins-reviews-hitchens/ Ugo Cei's Weblog Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:02:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Paul M Martin http://agylen.com/2007/09/22/dawkins-reviews-hitchens/#comment-120946 Paul M Martin Sat, 22 Sep 2007 16:51:14 +0000 http://agylen.com/2007/09/22/dawkins-reviews-hitchens/#comment-120946 It would be great, imo, to see atheism begin to shift gears along with religious/spiritual progressives to focus on what we have in common. A deeply spiritual outlook on life is possible with or without belief - when the word "spiritual" is carefully defined to avoid the belief-connotations about a non-material spirit world that many find unacceptable. Such an outlook would include, for example, the passion for honesty and truth that lead many people to atheism. It would be great, imo, to see atheism begin to shift gears along with religious/spiritual progressives to focus on what we have in common.

A deeply spiritual outlook on life is possible with or without belief - when the word “spiritual” is carefully defined to avoid the belief-connotations about a non-material spirit world that many find unacceptable. Such an outlook would include, for example, the passion for honesty and truth that lead many people to atheism.

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