On a penpal forum I patronise, the above question was raised and I could not resist responding. > I’m wondering what athiest think about Christians… I’m a humanist rather than an athiest, but you could argue that the latter is a sub-set of the former. Thus, I reject the theist premise regardless of other consideration …
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Spirituality and Religion
Quoted from Dalai Lama Ancient Wisdom, Modern World (Abacus),1999, pages 22-23 …I believe there is an important distinction to be made between religion and spirituality. Religion I take to be concerned with faith in the claims to salvation of one faith tradition or another, an aspect of which is acceptance of some form of metaphysical …
Spirituality in education
Quoted from Ofsted Handbook for the Inspection of Schools, 1994 Spiritual development relates to that aspect of inner life through which pupils acquire insights into their personal existence which are of enduring worth. It is characterised by reflection, the attribution of meaning to experience, valuing a non-material dimension to life and intimations of an enduring …