Yeah I'll have to give it another go. I also have
The God Delusion which I haven't finished either. I bought most of these books my 1st or 2nd year in undergrad (2006), and still haven't read them. I didn't have a problem getting through the article I posted, so maybe I'll find the read a lot less daunting. Right now I'm in the middle of
The Pot Book which is an excellent read (and wholly unrelated to the topic at hand lol). Lots of good information on cannabis that is grounded in evidence-based science.
I wonder how many vaporists are secularists as well... It would be interesting to see if partaking in illegal substances (whether for pleasure or medicine) is correlated with a disbelief in the supernatural. I would imagine that most users of psychedelics reject the notion of "organized religion," but still believe in some kind of spirituality. Of course I have no evidence for this, just my assumption.
I have a hard time categorizing my own beliefs. I grew up Roman Catholic, but starting questioning my beliefs (and other organized religions as well) during middle school, which is about the time when humans are capable of abstract thought. I'd say I'm an agnostic leaning toward atheism, but I do find the philosophy of eastern religions compelling. I like the idea that we are all one, separated only by a physical barrier... and perhaps that notion has some
basis in science?
