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Originally Posted by Namaste  To try and overcome "existential anxieties" we all struggle with - fear of death, feeling of ultimate loneliness and the massive burden of responsibility over our life (to shift it towards fate/God/destiny a bit).
To create a sense of community and belonging with people who share our beliefs and a feeling of distinctiveness from those who don't.
To attempt to name the unnameable moments of beauty, creativity and love; and the experiences of order over chaos and meaning over meaningfulness.
Pardon the pathos  |
*dryly* Responses like this are precisely what makes me think spirituality is unnecessary. I mean, as JohnPlace points out, it's not even necessary for conflict.
And........ I probably just hijacked the thread. *cough*