I have never seen a strong case for secular nonspiritual morality. From Wordnik.com. [Texas Faith: Are Texans immoral for supporting the death penalty? | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com] Reference
Even people who describe themselves as nonspiritual can be moved by religious ceremonies and liturgy. From Wordnik.com. [Religion And The Brain] Reference
Some persons may become monks or nuns for nonspiritual purposes, yet because of what their robes represent it is inappropriate to show them contempt. From Wordnik.com. [Taking the Kalachakra Initiation ��� 8 Tamed Behavior and Closely Bonding Practices] Reference
I have always found that the prominent placement of contributors 'names on the outside of structures intended for religious purposes only reminds those who are unable to do likewise of their comparative insignificance, if only in a temporal, nonspiritual way. From Wordnik.com. [Dirge]
We associate modern with a nonreligious, nonspiritual, purely rational and scientific outlook. From Wordnik.com. [WBUR and NPR - On Point with Tom Ashbrook] Reference
Everyone is constantly seeking boundlessness, including those who consider themselves thoroughly nonspiritual. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
No empirical evidence against such a nonspiritual alternative, however, nor any other kind of empirical evidence, could provide a reason for believing the spiritual hypothesis. From Wordnik.com. [Darwiniana] Reference
The idea is that any naturalistic or nonspiritual explanation of a phenomenon can be either confirmed or disconfirmed by empirical evidence together with causal and probabilistic reasoning. From Wordnik.com. [Darwiniana] Reference
This conviction, which is a fundamental element in all religious thought, pertains properly only to inward experience, but naturally tends to annex nonspiritual acts of self-abnegation like fasting. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV] Reference
"thus clearly defining secular as equivalent to nonreligious or nonspiritual. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
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