Can an atheist have an inner life? That begs the question what is an inner life? More to the point what did the question asker who sent me off on this tangent mean by “inner life?” Talking about an inner life is a lot like trying to determine whether or not there is such a thing as “atheist spirituality.” There isn’t. The question was framed in ( Read more... )

Q. Isn’t being an atheist a rather shallow way to live? You don’t believe in God and you have no spirituality. So what kind of an inner life can you have?

A. This is a complex question. Actually you have asked what I consider to be two interrelated questions. In order to answer this I would need some specifics. What do you mean by atheist and what ( Read more... )