Why are a lot of people who smoke marijuana/do psychedelics atheists?

In response to the original poster..

People have the ultimate say as to how they use their drugs. Some people will use their drugs to help further their spiritual understanding while some people will use their drugs with their sex and rock'n'roll.

The problem comes into focus when people start telling other people what to do.

edit: I forget that this board doesnt allow edits after five minutes so I will say now that I agree for the most part with what everyone else has posted. Its a fairly easy issue.

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Originally Posted by Purple Banana

Simply because we don't believe in a theistic being doesn't mean we're unable to feel one with ourselves or nature. That's why psychedelic use in general is also very personal, because it's not only spiritual enlightenment, but intellectual enlightenment and emotional discoveries. I don't need to believe in a deity in order to learn something from an insight or revelation, it simply occurs.

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Exactly. I don't get why people think everything is tied to some deity, that is scientifically impossible and logically implausible.

Spirituality is wholly separate from a god or higher power. They are two absolutely different things. Spirituality deals with an inner-self (Or your conscious and subconscious). A God or higher power is an unconnected deity. To reiterate, all a god or higher power is, is an unconnected, unrelated deity. Buddhist monks are technically atheists, but they have a STRONG sense of spirituality.