The Sea Cat wrote:
That is a perfectly valid to a point, however, many people of a 'spiritual' perspective get a litle fed up with being shouted at by atheists and empiricists. Amon Ra, Vishnu et al are entirely symbolic.
Dawkins and his fellows have no knowledge of deeper spititual/esoteric knowledge systems whatsoever. Thus, their railing against this fictional cloud bound anthropomorhic entity are entirely irrelevant in that context.
:-)
People sometimes say they are not religious but they are 'spiritual'. I have pondered this often, but I have no idea what this means. Can you - or anyone - explain?
I'm sure believers of Amon Ra, Hanuman et al believed in their gods a strongly as do catholics in the holy virgin mother, and not symbolically at all.
Most atheists I know, and especially 'celebrity atheists', (not that I personally know any of them!) exhibit a greater knowledge of the major religions and faith systems than most people of faith that I know.
:-) back atcha
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