Hah, that’s amusing. I had that kind of sentiment in mind as well, but I perceived it as wanting a “religious-but-not-spiritual” option. Which we totally ought to have.
I interpreted as interested in seeking out the sort of mental state associated with a “religious experience”, and put down “atheist but spiritual” because of my curiosity about meditation.
I would have interpreted it as “I realize that I am not a monkey brain, but am a timeless abstract optimization process to which this ape is but a horribly disfigured approximation”, but IIRC I was told that was not the actual meaning.
Hah, that’s amusing. I had that kind of sentiment in mind as well, but I perceived it as wanting a “religious-but-not-spiritual” option. Which we totally ought to have.
Who told you the actual meaning, and what was it?
I interpreted as interested in seeking out the sort of mental state associated with a “religious experience”, and put down “atheist but spiritual” because of my curiosity about meditation.