<p>-"I don't think Atheism exists"
Yes, I meant it the way I explained. I hope you can look past the surface.
-How do you judge religiousity? How many times a person goes to church? I just don't think that is possible to quantify. I don't go to church or even read the Bible, but I still consider myself a religious person.
-You keep saying that Buddhism can be seen as a "philosophy of life." So can Christianity! They are STILL religions, and still require some kind of conception of an afterlife. I can't say I believe in the Golden Rule but nothing else Christ said, that's absurd. So Harris doesn't lack spirituality altogether. I hate to keep using him as an example, but it does attest to the fact that spirituality, be it Buddhist meditation or the Golden Rule, is impossible to avoid.
-"Evolution itself does not create god or belief in god."
Huh? Evolution is separate from G<em>d conceptually, so I'm not sure what you're trying to say. But by the Group theory, a belief in G</em>d clearly helps a group succeed in the survival of the fittest. For reasons I explained in earlier posts...(morality, partnership, selflessness, procreation) Not that atheism doesn't, but let's face it, Rousseau was right. When left to our own devices, it's easier to justify immorality.</p>