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All of those things you mentioned are to a large degree explained by science. Spirituality appears to require at least some belief in something beyond the mate
by jiggy2011 14y ago
All of those things you mentioned are to a large degree explained by science.
Spirituality appears to require at least some belief in something beyond the material world. There are certainly things that can be taken from spiritual practises that can be useful but in most cases there is an explanation for this value that does not require any belief in the supernatural.
- seanmcdirmid 14y agoRelying on some kind of placebo or customs to enrich our lives is perhaps not very crazy. If we take everything at face value, the universe is vast in time and space and so our lives are very insignificant or meaningful; its hard to justify doing anything at all in that case. Just replace spirituality with custom, culture, emotion, and its not so anti-intellectual.
- jiggy2011 14y agoThe article talks about stuff like meditation, that isn't really a placebo or custom. There is research done that is showing benefits of this.