2006-08-08 08:48:12 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You dont have to have a religion to be spiritual. you can be atheist and be spiritual. you dont have to believe Jesus died for your sins or have a relationship with any savior to be spiritual. Spirituality isnt about dogma. its about being yourself and doing what you think is right even if others disagree.
2006-08-08 08:52:29 · answer #1 · answered by brianna_the_angel777 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Being spiritual is a belief that there is something greater than just this mortal life and living accordingly. Being religious is the ritual following of spirituality along a given path.
2006-08-08 09:00:36 · answer #2 · answered by Stephen 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Spiritual" is belief in spirits, divine or otherwise.
"Religion" is the belief that worship of spirits ought to be organized in a social structure, usually requiring some economic exchange to support the structure's functioning. For example, tithing supports the existence of churches. In contrast, Native American spiritualists argue that since they do not have centralized social structure that they are not a religion in the strict sense.
2006-08-08 10:42:23 · answer #3 · answered by Cheshire Cat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hhmm k spiritual i believe would be love for the earth universe and fellow man in a belief that everything is connected .. that you can grow from your actions given out .. that you can learn from others actions .. that you treat everyone as you would be treated yourself .. that you respect the earth and all that belongs on it
religious i would say is a belief in a creator and in that belief joining with others who share that belief system with you , that you follow rules set down in the name of that belief system and try to live your life accordingly
luckily i have found a healthy balance in both .. i am spiritualist
2006-08-08 08:54:57 · answer #4 · answered by Peace 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spiritual has to do with self-realization. Religious has to do with belief in and/or worship/adoration of a diety.
2006-08-08 08:53:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religion is an outer form, or demonstration, of an inner sense of Something Greater...spirituality is that sense.
2006-08-08 10:28:30 · answer #6 · answered by Sky in the Grass 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The latter tends to need an orthodox framework ..you have a cluster of pretty decent answers here already ...
2006-08-08 20:29:28 · answer #7 · answered by gmonkai 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
religion is a set of customs tied in with spirtuality, things like do this ritual at this time, do this, don't do this, stuff like that...spirtuality is the simple beliefs tied to that like the belief in God.
2006-08-08 08:56:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋