Ophiolite
Recalcitrant Procrastinating Ape
But if there is no infinite Creator, or She is not the one you think they are, then you are talking to a phantasm and it has much less value than the atheist, or agnostic who is experiencing their place in the universe.Of course it diminishes the value. Talking to yourself can't have the same value as communication with an infinite Creator.
By assuming on faith that you are communicating with reality. When I have a mystic/religious/revalatory experience my communication is very much with the real. It's with an amazing universe whose evolution has led, over billions of years, to a species that can contemplate that universe and take the first tentative steps to understanding it. And, wow! I get to be a member of that species, if only for less than a blink of eternity.Step outside your little box where everything has to be dissected and explained and you might experience reality.
I admire, applaud and respect your honesty.As a spiritual person i'd honestly say that you can't it's more like a deep feeling or perhaps even more like wishful thinking on my part.
Now you are just being offensive. I lack the insolence and the arrogance to deny that you have spiritual experiences. It strikes me as self-righteous that you fail to accord me the same respect.I could have a spiritual reaction to the sunset over the ocean and you would say it's just reflected light, because that's as deep as you allow yourself to experience life.
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