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Is something either spiritual or materialistic, or do we also have some things that come with being human?

Asked by whitenoise (14157points) July 12th, 2009

Recently there have been a number of discussions in which it was implied that all that can lead an atheist is materialism. As a spinoff we are now discussing spiritualistic atheism.

I feel we are missing out on a whole set of other feelings and motives/motivators: those that I would call human. I think of, for instance: passion, love, care, empathy, sympathy, and a sense of fairness.

Am I right and are these neither materialistic, nor spiritualistic, and if so are they humanistic?

If they are, then what defines the set of feelings, motives and morales that are neither materialistic, nor spiritualistic but just typical human?

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