Spiritualism

Spiritualism is a belief that the spirits of the dead have both the ability and the inclination to communicate with the living. Spiritualism developed and reached its peak growth in membership from the 1840s to the 1920s.

It should not be confused with spirituality.

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However, I don’t understand why people insist on pitting the concepts of evolution and creation against each other. Why can’t they see that spiritualism and science are one? That bodies evolve and souls evolve and the universe is a fluid place that marries them both in a wonderful package called a human being. What’s wrong with that idea?
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