Religion, math, currency, nation-states, justice… these are all fictional ideas we invented in order to organize and motivate our societies. The fact that we invented them doesn’t make them any more useful than any other tool we’ve made as Humans.
They tend to do so without our help. Have you noticed?
There are many people who do not practice a religion, who do not meditate, pray or belong to any group, who are very spiritual people. Being a spiritual person is synonymous with being a person whose highest priority is to be loving to yourself and others . A spiritual person cares about people, animals and the planet. There are those that choose to be the opposite of that. Would you agree?
Your definitions are being stretched to fit your statements.
That is rather insulting also. You are either “spiritual” or you are an uncaring asshole? 
This gets into serious categorizing pain in the ass territory 
Like, just think: if an atheist who believes in souls is an atheist, is an animist an atheist? An animist just believes in a shitload more souls.
And if every rock and tree and whatever has a soul, and that river or that mountain has a really big strong soul, what’s the difference between you and a polytheist? Just whether you name the ‘big soul of that mountain’ a god or not…
Yes I agree. I believe in many things. However, there’s a big difference in belief and worship.
One who DOES have belief in deities has no reason to believe in ghosts or crystals either, so I don’t see how this follows
Regular attendance and prayer is very definitely part of the Muslim world, however.
Good point. One can be a devout atheist but still worship the Almighty Dollar.
Japan is odd: Religion in Japan - Wikipedia
Religion in Japan manifests primarily in Shinto and in Buddhism, the two main faiths, which Japanese people often practice simultaneously. According to estimates, as many as 80% of the populace follow Shinto rituals to some degree, worshiping ancestors and spirits at domestic altars and public shrines. An almost equally high number is reported[3] as Buddhist.
But indeed, around 60% say “None”.
Yes, we will forget the USSR, as being religious was a good way to be sent to the gulag. People hid their faith.
North Korea also doesn’t count for the same reason and @Mijin has written several long posts explaining faith and religion in china.
The Czech Republic The Czech Republic: Religion. Today, the Czech Republic enjoys strict freedom of religion. During the 40 years of Communist rule; however, religion was virtually outlawed, and churchgoing was strongly discouraged. Perhaps due to so many years of institutionalized atheism, many Czechs today are either atheist or refuse to affiliate with any one church.
Presently, 39.8% of Czechs consider themselves atheist; 39.2% are Roman Catholics; 4.6% are Protestant, with 1.9% in the Czech-founded Hussite Reform Church, 1.6% in the Czech Brotherhood Evangelic Church, and 0.5% in the Silesian Evangelic Church; 3% are members of the Orthodox Church; and 13.4% are undecided. In addition, many foreign churches -e.g. Buddhism, etc., have been introduced since 1989, and have established small parishes around the country. A small Jewish community of about 10,000 still exists. Before the Nazi invasion, Jews numbered as high as 360,000.
This statement is absolute nonsense. Atheists do NOT “worship” the Almighty Dollar in any way shape or form using the same definition of “worship” used when referring to religionists.
Nonsense. Churches continued to operate during Communist rule. People continued to attend, though not in very large numbers. Most preferred to practice their religion in private. People were sent to the gulags not for expression of their faith alone but for voicing their opposition to the party and criticizing the authorities.
You have never looked to someone or something to help them get out of horrible or life threatening situations? Not a parent, a mentor, just plan luck?
It is a old quote dating back to WW2. There are many quotes that may not really apply to everyone. However, IIRC you have never actually served in the front line military, have you? Been in a foxhole under enemy fire? Nor have I, only been shot at a couple times myself, so I can’t say on my personal experience either. Ike seemed to think this was a truism, and he likely had more military experience than all of us here put together.
Actually I think your article proves he’s right, that this IS very unusual. Nobody writes about it when a US Republican or even a Democrat bases their decision on religion. And I couldn’t even imagine another politician attacking a religious statement in this way in the US:
Of course I have. What does that have to do with religion, worship or atheists in foxholes? Those are all human and worldly resources.
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You mean like a medical professional? How is that in any way similar to praying for divine intervention?
Go to a military cemetery-it shouldn’t be too hard to find markers with the Atheist symbol on them. I have had a gun pointed at my head more than once, and I had a brain injury that I wasn’t expected to survive. At no time during those incidents did I pray to, beg to or even wonder about any supernatural entity or entities. Ike made speeches designed to appeal to the public at large.
My grandfather was an atheist in foxhole. Back in, as you say, WWII.
Was I using that in the same sense?
You think that the common and well known term “worship the Almighty dollar” is misusing the word 'worship"? Need me to get a dictionary out?
See my cite about for The Czech Republic.
And here:
And from the start of the 1930s, Protestants - like other religious groups - experienced the full force of Soviet repression. Churches were shut and religious leaders were arrested and convicted, often charged with anti-Soviet activity. One of the leaders of the Pentecostals movement, Ivan Voronaev, was sentenced to death in 1937, for example.
and here:
J*oseph Stalin, as the second leader of the Soviet Union, tried to enforce militant atheism on the republic. The new “socialist man,” Stalin argued, was an atheist one, free of the religious chains that had helped to bind him to class oppression. From 1928 until World War II, when some restrictions were relaxed, the totalitarian dictator shuttered churches, synagogues and mosques and ordered the killing and imprisonment of thousands of religious leaders in an effort to eliminate even the concept of God.*
I could go on, but you are very, very wrong.
Read what you replied to:
someone or something
In a foxhole, under enemy fire?
The aphorism is not “There are no atheists with guns pointed at their head.” In any case, it is a old quote and attempts to find a example when the quote doesn’t apply is pointless.
That’s not what I meant to do. Maybe I should have put it another way. For me, being spiritual means looking at all the beauty around me. Looking into my son’s eyes and knowing he loves his old man. Spiritual for me was cutting his cord when he was born 20 years ago and just being thankful that I can see him every few years now. Being spiritual for me means being thankful and experiencing things that are much bigger than me.
I wouldn’t, if I were you.