what makes a person religious? and spiritual?

Answer 1

a religious person goes to church, mosque, temple,etc...
to pray. a spiritual person is something deeper.
it's a contentment and a peace you find in God, mother nature, the universe,etc... whatever you call your Holy Spirit or Everlasting Force. it's something you cannot find by speaking to a priest, or monk, or another man. it's something deep.
it's about surrender, devotion, totally to that one divine thing
that some people call Allah, God, Nature, Great Spriit,
Khrisna,whatever.
it's beyond description.
you know you have reached that when you find it, because you will find an inner peace, and you are not bothered with what other people say about you.
you find examples of these sort of spritual people like the dalai lama, mother teresa,and even some unknown persons, etc... most of these people do not seek public recognition or attention.

Answer 2

A person can be said to be religious if he has faith in a system of beliefs, in many cases, practices an associated set of rituals.

A person can be said to be spiritual if he understands who he is (and others are) beyond the illusion of ego, identity, religion, worldly affirmation, behavior, body, emotion, thought, etc. Such a definition is difficult to write because of the esoteric nature of spirituality.

Answer 3

To me religious people feel they have to do certain things like get on their knees to pray or do certain rituals to be righteous. They also seem to dislike and pass judgement on people of other religions other than their own. The radical Islamists are one of many examples. Spiritual people aren't really bound by any particular religion but they love God and love everyone else uconditionally. I consider myself a Christian but a spiritual one. They treat everyone with the utmost respect and love no matter what they believe or how they live.

Answer 4

I actual are turning out to be a spiritual person who makes use of faith as a factor of my religious progression. i think of that spirituality is being responsive to the section people it rather is of the spirit and how it suits in with the actual and psychological part of our make up, which as an entire suits into the large scale of the universe.

Answer 5

religion or religous is defined as practicing the ordinances of the church weither or not they beleive without having thought or meaning.

spiritual is when the person makes covenants with god in faith and believes in it without having seen or touched.and doesnt need church to love and worship god
spirituality and faith is is the principles of god.when spirituality, faith believing, principles and ordinances are combined together its complete.cant have one without the other.

Answer 6

Only one way to the Father and that is through Jesus The Christ, If any one trys to get in another way he is a theif and a robber

Answer 7

The fear that life doesn't have more to offer without there being an imaginary friend to comfort them.

Answer 8

We are all born with the desire to know God.

Answer 9

for a far majority it is childhood indoctrination

Answer 10

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