dk

I have no idea what "theistic zombiism" means. I suspect people that mistake you for a slavish person do so on appearances alone.

Sabine Grant

Same here... I consider any spirituality to be a personal path chosen by an individual where one can explore metophysical questions in the hope to find an answer. It can be a long term quest... a far cry from the state of " zombiism".

dunadan

DRFseven - I will concur with your analysis of the term 'sacred' - it does bear an intrinsically greater religious or dogmatic overtone than the term sprituality. Indeed, I only used the term 'sacred' becaused it was referenced in the m-w definition of 'spiritual.' I then clarified my interpretation of 'sacred' as 2b in the definition you posted. In fact, if not for the initial definition of 'spirtuality,' I would not even have brought up the term. I do not use the term sacred as part of defining any of my beliefs, my long standing opinion is that you should kick the 'sacred cows' of science. Upon being kicked, they will either fall over dead, or kick back on their own! Also note that I did not use the term 'sacred' to describe 'Principia' in my initial response. It is not in my opinion appropriate terminology.

Hope that helps settle our 'term' dispute!

DRFseven

Yes, and thanks for the response. You gave me the chance to air my "nothing is sacred" motto, which I decided not to incorporate into a signature. The general public's response to that remark is usually to categorize you as some horrible sort of person who would, maybe, kick helpless things for laughs.