Thyna has already stated the following in another thread:
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To me, Spirituality and Religion are 2 different things. Spirituality is our method of dealing with our current situations. It is how we relate to the people and world around us (as well as other dimentions). It is about our personal resources, our strengths, (hope, faith), coping methods and learning how to tap into those sources in times of pleasure and strife. It is recognizing our roll, and our best way to achieve that. The source of that strength is personal and may vary from one person to the next depending on their beliefs.
Religion, to me, is just one of the various tools available to us to help us learn more about ourselves, our spirituality and possibly tap into those resources which we sometimes feel we don't have access to. Doesn't matter if it involves some Higher Power, Deity, or Inner Gifts. It helps us to explore our beliefs and the workings of the world around us and how we interact with it.
That is just my opinion, I hope it didn't offend anyone.
Religion, to me, is just one of the various tools available to us to help us learn more about ourselves, our spirituality and possibly tap into those resources which we sometimes feel we don't have access to. Doesn't matter if it involves some Higher Power, Deity, or Inner Gifts. It helps us to explore our beliefs and the workings of the world around us and how we interact with it.
That is just my opinion, I hope it didn't offend anyone.
Then I responded:
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I quite agree with your definitions, Thyna, I just have never been able to put it to words...generally to me, spirituality is a way of life...how you live it day to day. Religion, is the more strict sense of spirituality that involves worship/reverence of a higher being (or one's self in the case of Satanism). But even just saying that has its flaws, so, I like your definitions better.
Opinions? Critiques (nice ones I hope)? Comments? Questions?
