Yes, probably true. The ground of being is much speculated on, but ultimately unknown.Dark Matter wrote:I should have said, "No one whose ultimate concern is the Ground of Being (or Ultimate Reality) is an atheist. Interpretative beliefs are just that: interpretative beliefs." If the ultimate concern of "spiritual atheism" is not the Ground of Being, it's not spiritual; if it is, then it's not atheism. The point is, trying to put numbers on truly atheistic is ambiguous at bestGreta wrote: (Nested quote removed.)
Why? Isn't that just universalism? An appreciation that, on some level, all things in the universe are one, even if many parts are set in opposition to each other as it shapes itself.
It's easiest in this question is to accept people's self-identification, sans "cultural Jews", "nominal C of E's" and "lapsed Catholics". The question is moot up to a point because theistic influence can greatly outstrip theistic percentages of populations.