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minor PSA: we have a Spirituality community now (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by alyaza@beehaw.org to c/support@beehaw.org

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this was made a few days ago when i was off but nobody announced it, so i guess i'm doing that now. the sidebar describes its purpose as follows:

Spirituality is a broad concept with room for many perspectives. In general, it includes a sense of connection to something bigger than ourselves, and it typically involves a search for meaning in life. As such, it is a universal human experience—something that touches us all. People may describe a spiritual experience as sacred or transcendent or simply a deep sense of aliveness and interconnectedness.

Some may find that their spiritual life is intricately linked to their association with a church, temple, mosque, or synagogue. Others may pray or find comfort in a personal relationship with God or a higher power. Still others seek meaning through their connections to nature or art. Like your sense of purpose, your personal definition of spirituality may change throughout your life, adapting to your own experiences and relationships

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[–] curt@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's interesting the most of the comments are from atheists. Maybe there should an atheist community as well although it would be better to call it something like 'not a theist' as the term atheist has become so loaded. On the other hand atheists don't have much to say about not being a theist as not stamp collectors don't have much to say about not being stamp collectors.

[–] alyaza@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe there should an atheist community as well although it would be better to call it something like ‘not a theist’ as the term atheist has become so loaded.

we already have a lot of communities and there's one we said we'd make we haven't even yet so i'd say anything like this would be well on the backburner. atheist communities online obviously don't have a great history with being productive and non-toxic spaces, and i'm not even specifically thinking of /r/atheism when i say this (i remember the Atheism+ stuff and Rebecca Watson)

[–] curt@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

My suggestion that there should be an atheist community was mostly in jest. It's been my experience that atheists aren't interested in talking about atheism. I share your observations about existing atheist groups. It would make more sense to create a group to discuss non-spiritual explanations for why we are here. Again, just kidding. I don't think anyone has a such an explanation.

[–] drwho@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

It's the Internet. It would be weird if they weren't the first to jump on it.