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    Spiritual But Not Religious

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    Beltran, Andrea Nicole E.
    The document discusses the concepts of being "spiritual but not religious" and "religious but not spiritual". It states that those who claim to be spiritual but not religious believe they have a direct connection to the divine without following religious traditions or participating in organized religion. However, their beliefs and practices still constitute a form of religion. The document also describes "religious but not spiritual" people as outwardly observing religious customs and rules but lacking a personal relationship with God and focus too much on rigid structures instead of love, mercy and spirituality.

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    The document discusses the concepts of being "spiritual but not religious" and "religious but not spiritual". It states that those who claim to be spiritual but not religious believe they have a direct connection to the divine without following religious traditions or participating in organized religion. However, their beliefs and practices still constitute a form of religion. The document also describes "religious but not spiritual" people as outwardly observing religious customs and rules but lacking a personal relationship with God and focus too much on rigid structures instead of love, mercy and spirituality.

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    The document discusses the concepts of being "spiritual but not religious" and "religious but not spiritual". It states that those who claim to be spiritual but not religious believe they have a direct connection to the divine without following religious traditions or participating in organized religion. However, their beliefs and practices still constitute a form of religion. The document also describes "religious but not spiritual" people as outwardly observing religious customs and rules but lacking a personal relationship with God and focus too much on rigid structures instead of love, mercy and spirituality.

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    Beltran, Andrea Nicole E.
    The document discusses the concepts of being "spiritual but not religious" and "religious but not spiritual". It states that those who claim to be spiritual but not religious believe they have a direct connection to the divine without following religious traditions or participating in organized religion. However, their beliefs and practices still constitute a form of religion. The document also describes "religious but not spiritual" people as outwardly observing religious customs and rules but lacking a personal relationship with God and focus too much on rigid structures instead of love, mercy and spirituality.

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    SPIRITUAL BUT NOT RELIGIOUS

    Some of us who write, think, and discuss about religion have had it with folks who
    profess to be spiritual but not religious. A spiritual person has a natural and direct
    connection with the divine or a higher force. He/she does not believe in the ideas
    that current religious traditions have passed down to her, and he/she does not
    participate in the ceremonial life of any organization. The crux of the problem is
    the tension between religion and spirituality. While the majority of individuals
    identify as "spiritual but not religious," there is also a rising tendency toward
    religion without "spirituality": a deeply held belief system shaped by religion but
    with little spiritual investment or personal contact with God. These increasing
    developments in the other direction are far more subtle. Whether they recognize
    it or not, a spiritual-but-not-religious individual is nevertheless practicing a form
    of religion. It is in our nature as human beings to claim anything as our god and
    worship it, whether it is a sports team, a pastime, an idea, nature, a political cause
    or position, self-healing or self-reliance, health practices, a component of the
    society, or even oneself they keep their focus on the Letter of the Law and forget
    the Love of the Law.

    RELIGIOUS BUT NOT SPIRITUAL


    Religious-but-not-spiritual people are virtually indistinguishable from any other
    "religious person" to the untrained eye; in fact, they appear to check all the boxes
    from the outside. Every Sunday, you may see them during Mass. They've read all
    of the appropriate devotionals. They ask for all of the appropriate prayers. They
    even appear to be sacred. But, as you and I both know, it's not the outward
    display of devotion that makes someone holy.and could have a superiority
    complex. Rather than adopting a humble attitude, they are ready to point out
    others' flaws and weaknesses. They are overly strict in their pursuit of justice and
    quickly forget kindness. They are preoccupied with following rules to the letter
    and concerned with respecting the law to the letter and attempting to measure
    their own holiness. And passionate with details and are quite conservative.
    However, their theology is inaccurate. Instead of developing a personal, tender,
    loving, and merciful relationship with God, they find themselves leaving offerings
    at the statue of a distant, cold, and rigid god for fear of being punished. The
    religious-but-not-spiritual are ruled by a someone who is far too focused on
    religious structures and rules. They are physically close to God, but not in soul.

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