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Boy Scouts of America changing name to more inclusive Scouting America after years of woes (apnews.com)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by GlassHalfHopeful@lemmy.ca to c/upliftingnews@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/20749204

Another positive step in the right direction for an organization rife with brokenness. There's a lot I don't like about the organization, but this is something a love--a scouting organization open to young women and the lgbtq community. The next step is being inclusive of nonreligious agnostic and atheist youth and leaders. As well as ending the cultural appropriation of Native American peoples.

May this organization continue to build up youth, never allow further violence against youth, and make amends for all the wrongs. There's a lot of good that comes out of organizations like this and I won't discount it even though it's riddled with a dark history.

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[–] model_tar_gz@lemmy.world 31 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I have the Scouts to thank for turning me into first an atheist, then through their example of militant protheism, I became a militant antitheist and a secular prohumanist.

I didn’t find my spirituality because of them, I found it in spite of them.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 0 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Is it still spirituality if you don't believe in spirits?

[–] model_tar_gz@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Yes. I do not see any contradiction. My view of spirituality is a broad and subjective concept that relates to my search for meaning, purpose, and connection to something greater than myself—my role in the universe, and the universe’s role in my existence. Religion has nothing to do with that.

I practice meditation, mindfulness, and self-reflection in a way that does not require attachment to belief of supernatural phenomena.

[–] nomous@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Can an atheist be "spiritual" ?

I think probably yes.

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Who doesn't believe in liquor (spirits)? Liquor provably exists.