What is the difference between religion and faith/spirituality?
By debrakcarey
@debrakcarey (19887)
United States
July 31, 2009 12:36pm CST
I looked up the definition of religion here is what I found.
The word comes from the Middle English word; religioun. Which is from the Anglo-French word; religiun. Which has it's roots in Latin world religion/religio.
Which means: supernatural, constraint or sanction. RELIGRE-to regulate or tie back.
Definition
1. service/worship of supernatural. A commitment or devotion to 'religious' faith or observance.
2. a personal set or institutional system of religious attitude, belief or practice.
3. Arcahic/historical; scrupulous conformity, conscientiousness.
4. a cause; principles or system of beliefs held to with ardor and/or faith.
What I get from this is that RELIGION is the system or the regulations attached to a belief.
Tell me what you think.
1 response
@urbandekay (18278)
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5 Feb 10
Spirituality has come to mean a kind of self-indulgent egoism that is the opposite of that nature of the devout believer
all the best urban
@debrakcarey (19887)
• United States
6 Feb 10
I tend to agree with you. All human beings are spiritual. Some are positive, some are negative. There is a broad range of direction you can pursue spiritually.
