Spiritual or Religious

Hi sister_ I'm definately not religious, despite being raised Catholic. For me, religion is an institution, so structured and a bit boring. I worry about everyone reading only the Bible for inspiration and not looking for new ideas to grow from. Oh boy, if anyone reads that, I'll be in big trouble. But, please everyone remember, we're not here to critisize each other. I think being religious is comforting to those who practice it. A religious person has a whole way of life laid out for them. If something is wrong, they have a g*d to appeal to and keep them company in times of stress. If they feel guilty about a transgression, they can go to church and confess their sins and walk out renewed. If you don't believe in a divinity, then there is noone to plead your case. You are forced to find the answer within. Yes, religious people find answers within, but they have a context, a forum to draw strenth from. I'm a spiritual person, but I don't believe in any one entity. I think we are all connected to each other. I find my comfort in lakes and in the woods where I feel close to something different I can't explain. Sometimes my path is clouded (like now) and I wait for inspiration to show me a light. That's the great thing about religions, someone is always there. In spiritually, we are forced to grow and learn. We are challenged every day to discover our divine selves alone. Give me a day in the woods, with trickling water or rushing waterfalls, soaring mountains to climb and silent trees who listen to me without judgement, and I'll show you my type of spiritually. I scoop of handfuls of rich, black, unpolluted soil and breathe in deeply a perfume that humans can't reproduce. Did you ever think about how much trees must know? Some of them have been standing around for three hundred years or more. I know many people don't believe anything other than humans are sentient. But I find evidence everywhere that humans aren't as smart as we think. And, do you know that if I stopped writing books with my every comment, I might progress more on mylot? Oh well, it's my way I suppose and that's the way it is.

I have found that those around you decide better if you are a spiritual or religous person.

I see myself more as spiritual than religious because too many people put negative connotations on being religious. I have my faith and my reasons for believing in it.

I'm definately a spiritual woman and NOT a religious one...Religion is too tainted first of all due to it being created by ppl really and secondly its (regardless of the religion) structured with a "one size fits all" mentality and that is NOT how we are (ppl) We are NOT a one size fits all society but instead many different sizes ya know..Nope religion is NOT for me..It just doesnt "fit" for the most part...Spirituality though, fits like a glove

i have a religion but i prefer to be a spiritual aspirant. i think spiritual more clearly represent our relationship with god than religious does. actually religion should be an organization of spiritual people.

Ok, since you made this such a cut and dried discussion about who we are not what we believe, I will share.I am a siritualperson not a religious one. Religion is made by man, spirituality is made by the creator(I have a name for that, but please call it what you will). What is in my heart and my soul are what matters,not a set of laws or rituals to follow.

I am neither.