God believers, why do you say you're spiritual and not religious but still practice religion?

Question

You're religious if you

1. pray
2. go to church
3 worship God in anyway
4. act on your belief in God

Note: Some dictionarys even says if you believe in god you're religious

Answer 1

What is your real question!

Answer 2

Black Atheist,
Do you see how some don't understand the question? They have never come to terms with the words they use. They use them how they see other people use them, and parrot those usages. Tehy thik that they understand, but when it comes time to express themselves genuinely, they become confused.

That's what religion is to me. So I loathe it. This derfinition of that word, "religion" does not cover all the definitions of that word, but it does cover the ones on conformity.

the body of persons adhering to a particular set of beliefs and practices: a world council of religions.
the practice of religious beliefs; ritual observance of faith.
These are the definitions I use when I talk about religion, in a negative way.

Now, about your definition.
"You're religious if you

1. pray
2. go to church
3 worship God in anyway
4. act on your belief in God"
Does this mean that if you don't do one or more of these, that you are no longer religious? Why couldn't you just observe just one of these attributes and be religious? Or are you attempting to set a standard in definition for others to follow?

"Note: Some dictionarys even says if you believe in god you're religious"
I would agree that that is ONE definition. It is not required to have a God, and have a religion though.

Answer 3

I have never said I was spiritual, only that I have a relationship with Jesus Christ and if that makes me religious, so be it. My thought is when people say a person is religious, that person isn't being a good Christian, they must be following doctrine instead of listening to God and growing in your walk. Look at the old testament, God sent multiple prophets to tell the Hebrew people they were getting to caught up in the law. Hence being to "religious" and missing the bigger picture.

Answer 4

It's not a big deal. It's a term. If someone believes in God, (Satan believes in God) and is labeled religious are they really religious? Some people are so earthly religious that they're no heavenly good.

Answer 5

Perhaps oddly, one does not have to believe in God to be spiritual. Many spiritual people are chiefly concerned about the interconnections between people and finding ways to enhance respect, love, and compassion.

That's where I land. (I don't usually go to church, don't pray & don't believe in God.)

Answer 6

if a person does not obey to any one of the above
does that make a person not religious
if a person obeys beyond obligations/expectations-does it makes that person very religious to be so called saintly

religion is logically defined as a matter of opinion,views
if you strongly keeps to your opinion meaning you believe in your opinion and you're disciplined to keep your obligations,can we say you're religious

in a way we're religious to keep our obligations in what we wanna be eg. a christian,muslim, policeman, fireman, politician, scientist.........

Answer 7

Only Yahoo Answers uses the Word "spirituality." Maybe you could talk to the YA team and correct them - ha ha.

Answer 8

Do they? I had the impression that Buddhism was the only spiritual "religion" around the world.

Answer 9

Spirituality needn't go hand-and-hand with faith, no matter what the dictionary says....

Answer 10

Yeah.

Answer 11

I pray you will become a coherent atheist.
And avoid generalizations.