Is man a spiritual being?

[ding]

The purpose of this thread is to discuss if man is predisposed to spirituality.

Since the beginning of man, man has had belief in a higher power. This belief has persisted throughout man’s existence.

Even today man overwhelming identifies himself as spiritual. So even though the grouping between belief in a specific religion may be declining, man has not abandoned his belief that he is more than just matter.

 

[hobelim]

The purpose of this thread is to discuss if man is predisposed to spirituality.

Since the beginning of man, man has had belief in a higher power. This belief has persisted throughout man’s existence.

Even today man overwhelming identifies himself as spiritual. So even though the grouping between belief in a specific religion may be declining, man has not abandoned his belief that he is more than just matter.

Historically people who did not submit to the irrational beliefs and practices that honored the popular gods promoted by the ruling elite were marginalized, persecuted and killed, even entire families.

Belief has been more a consequence of the instinct to survive than evidence of anything spiritual.

 

[ding]

The purpose of this thread is to discuss if man is predisposed to spirituality.

Since the beginning of man, man has had belief in a higher power. This belief has persisted throughout man’s existence.

Even today man overwhelming identifies himself as spiritual. So even though the grouping between belief in a specific religion may be declining, man has not abandoned his belief that he is more than just matter.

Historically people who did not submit to the popular gods promoted by the ruling elite were marginalized, persecuted and killed, even entire families.

Belief has been more a consequence of the instinct to survive than evidence of anything spiritual.

And yet it persisted throughout the ages.

But it seems that you are agreeing with me that spirituality is prevalent in man.

 

[hobelim]

The purpose of this thread is to discuss if man is predisposed to spirituality.

Since the beginning of man, man has had belief in a higher power. This belief has persisted throughout man’s existence.

Even today man overwhelming identifies himself as spiritual. So even though the grouping between belief in a specific religion may be declining, man has not abandoned his belief that he is more than just matter.

Historically people who did not submit to the popular gods promoted by the ruling elite were marginalized, persecuted and killed, even entire families.

Belief has been more a consequence of the instinct to survive than evidence of anything spiritual.

And yet it persisted throughout the ages.

But it seems that you are agreeing with me that spirituality is prevalent in man.

No.

You think you are being spiritual by perpetuating absurd beliefs and supporting degrading practices but in reality you must be just a very pusillanimous person.

What you see as evidence of spirituality I see as evidence of cowardice, the exact opposite of faith.. And no one is even threatening you with torture or being burned at the stake.

Damn. You're a fucking disgrace. You have so much faith and are so spiritual that you believe that God became an edible man. lol...Screw spirituality. Try being real..

 

[harmonica]

key word = belief
be·lieve
/bəˈlēv/
verb

1. 
   
   
   • accept (something) as true; feel sure of the truth of.
     "the superintendent believed Lancaster's story"
     synonyms: be convinced by, trust, have confidence in, consider honest, consider truthful More
   • 2.
     hold (something) as an opinion; think or suppose

by your own words/words--man is not a spiritual being
humans want/mentally need to believe in spirits/god/etc
they CAN'T accept that there is no after life/spiritual life/etc--

 

[Taz]

Homo Ignoramus needed god(s) to make sense of its surroundings.

 

[ding]

The purpose of this thread is to discuss if man is predisposed to spirituality.

Since the beginning of man, man has had belief in a higher power. This belief has persisted throughout man’s existence.

Even today man overwhelming identifies himself as spiritual. So even though the grouping between belief in a specific religion may be declining, man has not abandoned his belief that he is more than just matter.

Historically people who did not submit to the popular gods promoted by the ruling elite were marginalized, persecuted and killed, even entire families.

Belief has been more a consequence of the instinct to survive than evidence of anything spiritual.

And yet it persisted throughout the ages.

But it seems that you are agreeing with me that spirituality is prevalent in man.

No.

You think you are being spiritual by perpetuating absurd beliefs and supporting degrading practices but in reality you must be just a very pusillanimous person.

What you see as evidence of spirituality I see as evidence of cowardice, the exact opposite of faith.. And no one is even threatening you with torture or being burned at the stake.

Damn. You're a fucking disgrace. Screw spirituality. Try being real..

Do you have any data that suggests that mankind is not overwhelming spiritual?

 

[ding]

Homo Ignoramus needed god(s) to make sense of its surroundings.

So you are agreeing with me that mankind is overwhelming spiritual?

 

[hobelim]

The purpose of this thread is to discuss if man is predisposed to spirituality.

Since the beginning of man, man has had belief in a higher power. This belief has persisted throughout man’s existence.

Even today man overwhelming identifies himself as spiritual. So even though the grouping between belief in a specific religion may be declining, man has not abandoned his belief that he is more than just matter.

Historically people who did not submit to the popular gods promoted by the ruling elite were marginalized, persecuted and killed, even entire families.

Belief has been more a consequence of the instinct to survive than evidence of anything spiritual.

And yet it persisted throughout the ages.

But it seems that you are agreeing with me that spirituality is prevalent in man.

No.

You think you are being spiritual by perpetuating absurd beliefs and supporting degrading practices but in reality you must be just a very pusillanimous person.

What you see as evidence of spirituality I see as evidence of cowardice, the exact opposite of faith.. And no one is even threatening you with torture or being burned at the stake.

Damn. You're a fucking disgrace. Screw spirituality. Try being real..

Do you have any data that suggests that mankind is not overwhelming spiritual?

Yeah, the daily news.

 

[ding]

key word = belief
be·lieve
/bəˈlēv/
verb

1. 
   
   
   • accept (something) as true; feel sure of the truth of.
     "the superintendent believed Lancaster's story"
     synonyms: be convinced by, trust, have confidence in, consider honest, consider truthful More
   • 2.
     hold (something) as an opinion; think or suppose

by your own words/words--man is not a spiritual being
humans want/mentally need to believe in spirits/god/etc
they CAN'T accept that there is no after life/spiritual life/etc--

Have you seen the polls that show people are overwhelming spiritual?

 

[hobelim]

key word = belief
be·lieve
/bəˈlēv/
verb

1. 
   
   
   • accept (something) as true; feel sure of the truth of.
     "the superintendent believed Lancaster's story"
     synonyms: be convinced by, trust, have confidence in, consider honest, consider truthful More
   • 2.
     hold (something) as an opinion; think or suppose

by your own words/words--man is not a spiritual being
humans want/mentally need to believe in spirits/god/etc
they CAN'T accept that there is no after life/spiritual life/etc--

Have you seen the polls that show people are overwhelming spiritual?

Those polls just show how faithless people really are. So faithless they refuse to accept the evidence provided by reality every day and every night that what they profess to believe is not the truth.

 

[ding]

key word = belief
be·lieve
/bəˈlēv/
verb

1. 
   
   
   • accept (something) as true; feel sure of the truth of.
     "the superintendent believed Lancaster's story"
     synonyms: be convinced by, trust, have confidence in, consider honest, consider truthful More
   • 2.
     hold (something) as an opinion; think or suppose

by your own words/words--man is not a spiritual being
humans want/mentally need to believe in spirits/god/etc
they CAN'T accept that there is no after life/spiritual life/etc--

Have you seen the polls that show people are overwhelming spiritual?

Those polls just show how faithless people really are.

So you don’t believe people overwhelmingly self identify as being spiritual?

 

[hobelim]

key word = belief
be·lieve
/bəˈlēv/
verb

1. 
   
   
   • accept (something) as true; feel sure of the truth of.
     "the superintendent believed Lancaster's story"
     synonyms: be convinced by, trust, have confidence in, consider honest, consider truthful More
   • 2.
     hold (something) as an opinion; think or suppose

by your own words/words--man is not a spiritual being
humans want/mentally need to believe in spirits/god/etc
they CAN'T accept that there is no after life/spiritual life/etc--

Have you seen the polls that show people are overwhelming spiritual?

Those polls just show how faithless people really are.

So you don’t believe people overwhelmingly self identify as being spiritual?

I'm sure they do, but that doesn't mean they are being anything other than delusional. The world can be a very scary place. If you don't know what the hell is going on there is a measure of safety joining a herd of dummies..

 

[harmonica]

most of those who believe have been brainwashed since they were kids, to believe
you can make kids believe anything--then they brainwash their kids, etc etc
..we MAKE kids believe in Santa [ which is not real ]
...or even adults--look at what hitler, Jim Jones, Pol Pot, the Comet Cult, etc etc etc did--made people believe in spirituality so much, that they committed SUICIDE

 

[Taz]

Homo Ignoramus needed god(s) to make sense of its surroundings.

So you are agreeing with me that mankind is overwhelming spiritual?

Humans have a very fertile imagination. Although lots of people are spiritual, it doesn't seem to be something that we're born with, it has to be taught.

And although most of the world's people are spiritual, just remember that most of the world's people are also fucking dumber than dirt.

 

[ding]

So it seems you all are agreeing with me that the data does clearly show that mankind believes they are overwhelming spiritual.

 

[hobelim]

So it seems you all are agreeing with me that the data does clearly show that mankind believes they are overwhelming spiritual.

lol.. Newsflash! No one is agreeing with you.

Obstinate stupidity is not spirituality.

 

[RodISHI]

The purpose of this thread is to discuss if man is predisposed to spirituality.

Since the beginning of man, man has had belief in a higher power. This belief has persisted throughout man’s existence.

Even today man overwhelming identifies himself as spiritual. So even though the grouping between belief in a specific religion may be declining, man has not abandoned his belief that he is more than just matter.

Historically people who did not submit to the popular gods promoted by the ruling elite were marginalized, persecuted and killed, even entire families.

Belief has been more a consequence of the instinct to survive than evidence of anything spiritual.

And yet it persisted throughout the ages.

But it seems that you are agreeing with me that spirituality is prevalent in man.

No.

You think you are being spiritual by perpetuating absurd beliefs and supporting degrading practices but in reality you must be just a very pusillanimous person.

What you see as evidence of spirituality I see as evidence of cowardice, the exact opposite of faith.. And no one is even threatening you with torture or being burned at the stake.

Damn. You're a fucking disgrace. You have so much faith and are so spiritual that you believe that God became an edible man. lol...Screw spirituality. Try being real..

Words are what feed the spirit, whether those words are merely in your own head or coming from a trusted source. The key would be what kind of spirit are you predisposed too. Doesn't I am the word and the light ring a bell?

 

[irosie91]

Homo Ignoramus needed god(s) to make sense of its surroundings.

So you are agreeing with me that mankind is overwhelming spiritual?

Humans have a very fertile imagination. Although lots of people are spiritual, it doesn't seem to be something that we're born with, it has to be taught.

And although most of the world's people are spiritual, just remember that most of the world's people are also fucking dumber than dirt.

there are areas of the brain in which "spirituality" is kinda located ------on stimulation of those area---the person
experiences intense religious "experiences"---of course the
experiences are based on "IMPLANTED" information which get
conjured up from deep grey matter------the areas include---usually---the right temporal lobe and the anterior part of the
right frontal lobe <<<< that's from whence cometh angels
and devils and visions in the mind of the delirious whether the
delirium in induced by toxin or neoplasm or is 'functional'

 

[Votto]

most of those who believe have been brainwashed since they were kids, to believe
you can make kids believe anything--then they brainwash their kids, etc etc
..we MAKE kids believe in Santa [ which is not real ]
...or even adults--look at what hitler, Jim Jones, Pol Pot, the Comet Cult, etc etc etc did--made people believe in spirituality so much, that they committed SUICIDE

That is where you are wrong. Santa is real, he just died many, many years ago is all and how relevant his legacy is regarding giving and faith in God that prompted such giving is up for your to highlight or ignore.