04-06-2022, 12:43 PM
(04-06-2022, 12:25 PM)3-24-2022 Wrote: A therapist can devote his entire life to studying the inner mind of people and yet be a complete atheist in the fullest sense.
Atheism and spirituality are not mutually exclusive. And the example given of "studying the inner mind" is highly subjective on what that means. That atheist therapist could inadvertently be more spiritually minded than a neophyte Monk even if they reject the concept.
Note that you could argue the Law of One material is not necessarily theistic either. How do you qualify it if everything in existence is the creator, or one thing? When someone asks me if I believe in God, it's virtually impossible to answer them because the question itself shows the limitations of their understanding, so giving an honest thoughtful and meaningful answer is probably impossible, at least in short order.