'Spiritual experiences' (not referring to the existence or nonexistence of a 'soul', but rather the experience itself which is labeled as such), is something which I feel the majority of people (believers and nonbelievers) are not very in-tune with. I tend to find more agreement with Sam Harris when it comes to the realm of subjectivity. We atheists need to, while maintaining an objective view of the world, not ignore our own life and experiences. By definition, objectivity removes the self when analyzing reality, the only true way to analyze the self is through subjectivity (not referring to the objective functionality of our biology). As said by Socrates “The unexamined life is not worth living”. Some atheists seem to be too rigidly objective and never self-reflect -- what I am suggesting is not to be confused with the delusional and overly imaginative 'believers' that throw objectivity out the window in the name of faith. Anyways, check out these two videos (part 1/part2)...
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