The most important branch of philosophy in my opinion is Ethics. Epistemology is sometimes useful too.

But most philosophical meandering is the gerbil on the treadmill.

Science does answer questions that need to be answered.

"Spiritual" is one of those vague words that have so many different interpretations that a point of discussion goes nowhere. Its intimation is that it is non-material therefore in a reality-based scientific context, it doesn't exist.

Einstein had something to say about Spinoza's "god" which was more pantheistic than the monotheistic dictator that many worship today. Carl Sagan made the point that most "gods" today are too small. I don't think you have to believe in any god or spirit to appreciate with wonder the macrocosmic or the microcosmic world and it has no bearing on how the human species ethically should conduct themselves.

Einstein made it very clear that he did not believe in a personal god. He thought that naive.

In my opinion, floating around on an imaginary cloud of "spirituality" will not make for a peaceful or better world.

Frank Hamilton