To all Atheists and Spiritual people: Where we are going?

My only question here is: What about the people that call themselves atheists?

do we really call all people who do not share our belief as atheists? do christians, muslims, jews, pagans etc call each other as atheists? I havn't known any individual in these religions calling other religion's people as atheist. In hard core definition an atheist is void of any religion and spirituality (except buddhism perhaps). You have a very good point that unity and equality are two different things, they sure are in my view too. The problem is with your definition of spirituality or I may have misunderstood it. Spirituality is going beyond physical boundaries, beyond matter and energy. Do correct me and enlighten me if I am wrong. Thanks for your views, magica:-)

You are right FSCAries, that we may not be "sure" where really we are going about the subject presented but we do can have a general knowledge or feeling perhaps. I actually wondered if people are finding in their environment, surrounding or on internet etc that whether more people are turning to spirituality be it religious or personal or are they going away from it. I would agree that believing in GOD would mean to please HIM is to do one's best to be right. but I really wonder if all people believe that they are going to same end. With all those beliefs in after life, Heaven and Hell, or reincarnation etc and those who don't even believe in any form of after life, I suspect that not all people believe that they are going to same end. What do you think? Thanks for sharing your valuable views, FSCAries!:-)

And it's always interesting to have your point Chiang_Mai_boy! I am glad that you came to comment:-) I am really thankful to you for shedding some of my ignorance. Though I knew that there are different forms of Buddhism too and that some have beliefs in supernatural and some don't that's why I put a question mark with it but I was not knowing some of the things you just enlightened me with. "Humankind seems to have a need to believe in something beyond the physical world around them" Isn't it interesting? I always wondered if need for a deity is in our nature? If it is there then in itself will it not be a kind of proof of existence of some kind of a deity. I have heard some religions saying that their deity has taken oath from spirits before sending them to this world about believing in Him and that's why a need for deity is always in human nature. What do you think? I tend to agree that perhaps their is some implicit spirituality in all of us, at core. I can remember one of my atheist(explicit) friends asking for prayers for the survival of his son:-) I was really surprised when he asked for prayers as whole his life he had been believing in no other thing but matter and energy and no soul, spirituality, deity or anything our of physical world. Thanks for sharing your views, Chiang_Mai_boy:-) I appreciate.

I intentionally selected the topic with "spirituals" to include all religious and non religious or "personal religion" and "organized religion" people who believe in spirituality. I agree that more and more people are starting to feel more free to explore and make up their own minds. Even for organized religions, at the core, a free decision is urged than a followership, but few people understand it actually. Buddhists can be categorized as Atheists as well as spiritual. By Hard Core Atheists, I meant explicit atheists, for whom there is nothing other than matter and energy. Every thing can be dealt in terms of these two physical parameters. They don't even believe in existence of soul as empirically, it is not provable. I hope you are clear now about what I meant saying hard core atheists. Thanks for sharing your views, lecanis!:-)

I would much like your comment on the topic, ashveen! Thanks, anyways.

I respect how you view it batuapi, but I would like you comment on the topic, if you don't mind:-)

Interesting gardengrrl, you know there is whole lot of range of atheists between these two simple words, "Disbelief or denial". I have seen agnostic Atheists calling explicit Atheists as un realistic. Similarly people have identified some forms of Atheism with spirituality (Buddhists?). I really liked some of your ideas about that Greater Force specially it's "inconceivable hugeness". I think the same and personally do not support anthropomorphizing it. GOD in my view has nothing to do with human form, features and traits. Could it be that some people in god-oriented religions havn't presented it well? I know some god-oriented people who support or are of my view in that respect. Do correct me if I took you wrong. Thanks for sharing your views, gardengrrl:-)

But an Atheist won't agree that a God exists in first place. and then my question was not eternal going but about what way people are chosing more? anyways, thanks for responding, barehugs:-)