Richard, I was thinking that mainstream religious types don't talk about miracles much. They talk about love. They feel uncomfortable with people who claim miracles. So they might be spiritual and believe in God, but not buy that some preacher can heal cancer by shouting at you. I think this is the majority of religious Americans. By the time you figure out how watered down their version of spirituality is, you find it is more similar than different from an Atheist's view of our lot in life. A place where shit happens and no one seems to have a hotline to the big guy or we wouldn't have Guinea worms. (Google ride this at your own peril) I think some people believe in a vague "great spirit" and, like the deists, don't feel that God has much to do with our lives after creation. So that was what I was thinking, religious people who believe in God but are pretty skeptical about miracle claims outside their scriptures, East or West.
Thanks for asking. Any insight is appreciated. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ccurtis wrote: > > So far I think that people making claims > > of miracles to gain spiritual credibility > > are more suspect than those who do not. > > > Well, it would be pretty difficult to find > a "spiritual" person who didn't believe in > spirits, ergo, a miracle, since every > materialist knows that there are no spirits > - only claims. But, are you saying that > there are spiritual materialists who make > no claims of miracles or spirits? That would > be a contradiction in terms, would it not? >
