-Removed-SPIRIT
1. the nonphysical part of a person which is the seat of emotions and character; the soul.
"we seek a harmony between body and spirit"
2. those qualities regarded as forming the definitive or typical elements in the character of a person, nation, or group or in the thought and attitudes of a particular period.
"the university is a symbol of the nation's egalitarian spirit"
Definition #2 works for me.
@bigdoggproblem saidI think we all recognise somebody who has spirit, and it indeed has nothing to do with the supernatural.
SPIRIT
1. the nonphysical part of a person which is the seat of emotions and character; the soul.
"we seek a harmony between body and spirit"
2. those qualities regarded as forming the definitive or typical elements in the character of a person, nation, or group or in the thought and attitudes of a particular period.
"the university is a symbol of the nation's egalitarian spirit"
Definition #2 works for me.
-Removed-I don't think I am being "possessive". I am just trying to get to the heart of what is going on when people talk about "spirituality". I think the word you need to describe what you are talking about is basically "theism". I think you and I do not have "theism" in common; however, I think you and I - and everyone else here - DO have the component parts of "spirituality" in common. You say atheists "don’t accept that humans have a spirit". Well, I think they do, and I have defined it.
