ThusSpokeZarathustra
What would a Hierophant look like in a secular circle? Perhaps even as extreme as atheist? What role does he play in that case? Would it be appropriate to call him the spiritual leader?
The Hierophant is about traditions, about community practices. So you can't say that the Hierophant, as an atheist, would be an extreme atheist, because an atheist isn't about following any traditions or saying, "That's the way we do things here..." It's about not believing in a higher power. And an atheist can hold that as true (be militant about it) without engaging in any traditions or agreed on practices. This as compared to a militant religious person who is militant because they insist that everyone follow certain traditions and if they don't, they're not of that religion.What would a Hierophant look like in a secular circle? Perhaps even as extreme as atheist? What role does he play in that case? Would it be appropriate to call him the spiritual leader?
What would a Hierophant look like in a secular circle? Perhaps even as extreme as atheist? What role does he play in that case? Would it be appropriate to call him the spiritual leader?
What would a Hierophant look like in a secular circle? Perhaps even as extreme as atheist? What role does he play in that case? Would it be appropriate to call him the spiritual leader?
Um...I'll agree that Dawkins could be the Atheist's spiritual leader if they quote him and follow his methods of being an atheist. But comparing Atheists to the religious (saying they're the same) because you see one's inability to "disprove" something's existence as the same as the other's inability to prove its existence is...problematic. People didn't believe that the continents were once one big one, split and moved about. Then proof came, and they believed. An Atheist is someone like that. Someone who, presumably, WILL believe in god if you you present proof. A religious person, on the other hand, is someone who will not stop believing in god even if there were found to be absolute proof that god did not exist and could not exist.Atheism is a faith position. An atheist firmly believes that there is no god, despite the total lack of evidence that there actually is no god.
What would a Hierophant look like in a secular circle? Perhaps even as extreme as atheist? What role does he play in that case? Would it be appropriate to call him the spiritual leader?