I don't know if I am an atheist or if I'm spiritual?

Question

I would consider myself an atheist however, I'm not sure because a couple of months ago i saw some spirits in my house...

What i say is, I believe in spirits now because i saw them with my own two eyes.

I don't want anyone to express their feeling toward "Spirits" I just want to know if i could still consider myself an atheist.

Answer 1

Do you believe in god?

Yes: You are not an atheist.

No: You are an atheist.

Answer 2

Mmmmmm..... Do you believe that god/gods exist? If so, youre not an atheist. Otherwise, you're free to believe in other unproven, non-existent things.

I would encourage you to study some psychology and how the brain functions. You will realize that you did not see any spirits - you saw something that your mind did not recognize, so it put it into a context that it could recognize. That's how the brain works. You cannot trust everything you see.

If your personal experience means that spirits are real, then you MUST accept that another person's personal experience of God means that God is real - and a Muslim's personal experience of Allah means Allah is real, and a Buddhist's personal experience means that Buddha is real, ad infinitum.  

Answer 3

Atheists can be spiritual.

Answer 4

Spirits =/= Gods.

It's really that simple.

Try not to give so many labels to yourself. Something like this is for you to decide, not society's rules.

Answer 5

You know, you can be atheist and spiritual. As long as you don't believe in *god*, you're atheist - you're free to believe in spirits, aliens...

Answer 6

do you need a label?

if so, technically you are an atheist only if you have a lack of belief in a god, but you can be many other things as well that may better suit what you actually believe.

Answer 7

Being an atheist means you don't believe in god. The same does not apply to any other spiritual belief.

So yes, you are an atheist.

Answer 8

Of course you can still be an atheist.  Atheism is simply the disbelief in any God or Gods: nothing more.

Answer 9

Atheists don't believe in an invisible man in the sky. You can still believe in spirits, ghosts, and life after death.

Answer 10

yes your still an atheist

atheists dont believe in god

but they can be spiritual because all other possibilities are still open for debate and thought

Answer 11

an atheist does not believe in God there are people who are not a christian but they believe in God as far as seeing spirits there are some christian who  has said they have seen spirits

I was told that if you do see a spirit as it"in the name of the father son and holy ghost do you want they are suppose to answer you maybe some one is trying to get a message to yo

Answer 12

Atheism is the disbelief in a God. So aslong as you don't believe in a God.

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Answer 13

if you saw spirits then you were either on something..or you are a christian...if you are a true atheist and you say you saw spirits..the God is working His miracles on you for some reason

Answer 14

That depends on whether or not you believe in God.

Answer 15

You can be an atheist and be spiritual.

You can believe in ghosts, the afterlife, reincarnation, or even unicorns and still be an atheist.  

Answer 16

Agnostic fits you but the Atheists will deny that`

Answer 17

No you are not an atheist.  But you are in need of antipsychotic medication and therapy.

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Answer 18

If you're seeing spirits you should stop being an atheist and start praying to God for protection.  

Answer 19

What atheists believe runs the gamut from nothing paranormal at all to anything and everything. The only mutually inclusive belief is that no God exists.

You're still an atheist.