Is there anyone else?

Question

Who defines themselves as spiritual as opposed to religious?

By this I mean that you may not think there is a higher power or "creator", but you think there is SOMETHING

Answer 1

I would guess most of the world.

Answer 2

YES YES YES!
I am not catholic
I am not Christian
I am not Mormon, Budhist, Muslim or Jewish.
I am not religious.
HOWEVER, I am very spiritual, and I do know for sure that there is a higher power and that all things are connected and that all things happen for a reason. we do the best we can in this life to learn the lessons we need to - following the golden rule and making positive impacts on the world when we can, and living with honesty and love in your heart. Doing no harm, and finding our own real truth and the beauty within is the most spitirual thing a person can do. Even without stepping foot into a church.

Answer 3

No, I think it is a meaningless distinction if you know the definition of the two words.

re·li·gious Pronunciation (r-ljs)
adj.
1. Having or showing belief in and reverence for God or a deity.
2. Of, concerned with, or teaching religion: a religious text.
3. Extremely scrupulous or conscientious: religious devotion to duty.

DING DING DING We have a winner! The first listed and thus most important definition of "religious" fits any Christian!

spir·i·tu·al Pronunciation (spr-ch-l)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, consisting of, or having the nature of spirit; not tangible or material. See Synonyms at immaterial.
2. Of, concerned with, or affecting the soul.
3. Of, from, or relating to God; deific.
4. Of or belonging to a church or religion; sacred.
5. Relating to or having the nature of spirits or a spirit; supernatural.

It seems that definition number 4 fits the exact (and false) definition that many people seem to have given (erronously) to the word "religious". Gee, I guess you can't say you are spiritual now either!

Thus, all that "spiritual" vs. "religious" rhetoric makes no logical sense.

Answer 4

I define myself spiritual and i try to live by the catholic values and morals, but sometimes i have a hard time believing that there is a man siting in the sky watching down on us...and keeping score at the same time....I have a hard time buying into the catholic religion which i am being raised why would God send me to hell for breaking his rules...spiritual it is...

Answer 5

Yes, only because I was involved in a religion and have now shed myself of the walls and the rules and the doctrines. I respect the people but I feel free and now say that I am on a spiritual journey.

Answer 6

I'm more spiritual then religious.



Completely aside I would really appreciate if you could tell me how you got your avatar to look like that as opposed to just the head. I can't figure out how to do that.

Answer 7

Me, too.

I've gotten stuck with the association of Religious = Prosetylize Everyone Now!

I have religion, but no god, no Saundy-go-to-meetin', no mandate to convert people. So, to me that makes me spiritual. No one else may necessarily agree, but what the hay.

Answer 8

Human beings are Spiritual creatures... But religion was invented to rob people of what's rightfully theirs and oppress their different believes.

Personally... I don't believe that religion has anything to do with spirituality... and everything to do with the surreptitious theft of a person's money and influence.

Answer 9

I do. I'm spiritual, and I oppose organize religion.

Answer 10

You probably outnumber the Christians and the Atheists.

Answer 11

Both words are ambiguous to answer without specifics