Atheism, Agnostic...? [Spirituality & Religion]

I’ve been struggling my spirituality as of late. I no longer identify as a Christian, but I still believe in some sort of high power. More like a conscious energy. I have been steering more towards atheism. Can one be an atheist and still be spiritual?

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thepreposterouspanda · 36-40, M

I'm not sure. I guess it depends on the nature of the force/energy/consciousness in question?

ImGladAgain87 · 36-40, F

It’s just an energy that I feel within everyone and everything. I feel that it sort of guides me. I know it sounds weird, but that’s my narrative. Right now, I don’t know what to call it. I just know that I am not a Christian. I don’t believe in the Bible. @thepreposterouspanda

thepreposterouspanda · 36-40, M

@ImGladAgain87 I don't either. My dad was a pastor for four years as I was growing up, and I saw what really goes on behind the scenes in a church. It turned me off to the entire notion, and I got sick in 2010 and have been disabled since which just enforced it.

ImGladAgain87 · 36-40, F

@thepreposterouspanda What's initially turned me against most religions, especially Christianity are the hypocrisies and fallacies. That and I never really felt like a Christian. I've always felt that there is just more to life than being apart of a religion and a denomination within a religion.

Lately however I've been doing a lot of research into atheism. It all started when I found a Jaclyn Glenn video. I think it was her " Watching Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas " video. After that I started watching more and more of her content and then branched out to other atheist YouTubers like Hugo & Jake.

I've also been reading a lot of material about religion and atheism. I'm about to read Richard Dawkin's God Delusion.