In my experience atheists main catalyst has been organised religion, and hence due to dogma, most equate anything spiritual with their disdain for religion.
The word God for instance has far too many negative connotations (man in the cloud that judges you) for them to 'get over it' and accept it as a term for defining all that is.
I've spoken to many atheists about quantum physics and the connectedness of everything through unified energy, and they're happy with that, but predominantly only in rational, scientific mindsets. When you hint at the point there is a reason for this all happening, they start to get uncomfortable.
"A reason?! This is all random! Darwin proved that"
Which of course he didn't, but that's another discussion entirely :¬)
The word God for instance has far too many negative connotations (man in the cloud that judges you) for them to 'get over it' and accept it as a term for defining all that is.
I've spoken to many atheists about quantum physics and the connectedness of everything through unified energy, and they're happy with that, but predominantly only in rational, scientific mindsets. When you hint at the point there is a reason for this all happening, they start to get uncomfortable.
"A reason?! This is all random! Darwin proved that"
Which of course he didn't, but that's another discussion entirely :¬)