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  1. Spong wrote in his book Eternal Life: A New Vision in chaprter 2 that life is accidental. He cites billions of years of evolution and that we're really not as unique as we think we are as humans. My idea of God changes daily, but this idea that life is accidental is totally shocking to me. How can we believe that life is totally accidental (thus I am assuming he thinks matter at all is accidental as well) and still be able to talk about life after death, God, etc? When he says life is accidental that leaves my in a state of existential despair, confusion...I can't really describe it. Maybe total meaninglessness is a good way to describe it. I don't think of God as a supernatural being in the sky, but I find it hard to believe that life arose out of total accidental circumstances. The only thing I will say is that I believe there is an Unmoved Mover. I attribute that phrase to what I would call God. My question is how can Spong believe the life is totally accidental, but still be open to the idea of life after death or anything spiritual at all for that matter? If life is purely accidental then so is matter. I don't see how he can even begin to discuss any idea of God or an afterlife if he first asserts that life is accidental. Any thoughts on this? Also, people throw the word spirituality or spiritual around a lot. How is that different from psychological to you?
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