> gMoney wrote: > Why is spirituality "admirable" while religion is "scary"? Is it because you > are spiritual but not religious? >
The same reason a bottle of whiskey is scary in a room full of alcoholics: it's a temptation to bring out the worst in yourself. Spirituality is an exploration of the individual which, by its nature, doesn't ask anything of others. In this way spirituality cannot be used to persecute or exclude others. Religion is not this way. Most, if not all, religions, at their core, exclude others. That is, they encourage tribalism. Tribalism leads to discrimination, which leads to exclusion, exclusion leads to persecution, and persecution to war. It is, at its core, brainwashing. It exploits the "us and them" caveman mentality that we all have within us. So let me put it this way: all of the good that churches accomplish does not require religion! We can all get together, talk about our spirituality (as we are now), agree to help others, etc without ever being religious. So, to be clear, routine becomes religious when you look down on or exclude others for not engaging in your routine. At the moment that that occurs, religion and evil start to mix. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:221678 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
