[June Cleaver]

Living in Austin I meet a large number of people who are "spiritual not religious".

Typically they mean they like the stuff you get out of a religion without having to put up with the stuff you put in.

That is, they want the fellowship, the community, the sense of security of knowing that there is more to life than our time here on earth, but they don't want to have to put up with any rules. They believe that god(s) care enough about them to love them but not to impose any rules on the way they have to live, and that "any path" is OK.

Incidentally I have a large number of Hindu acquaintances at school. I'm seeing more any more Christians drifting towards a Vedic like belief that all ways to god/spirituality are OK. I was at a church a while ago and a few members actually confided in me that they didn't really believe in God, but they liked the idea of belonging to a church. That certainly took me off guard...

-paridel

[Paridel]

Opps! Sorry, visiting relatives and their account auto logged on.

-paridel

[puroresu]

You got it! Whenever someone tells me they’re “spiritual, but not religious” I expect that person to be pretty shallow. And my expectations are usually met.

[Harrius Magnus]

“They believe that god(s) care enough about them to love them but not to impose any rules on the way they have to live, and that ‘any path’ is OK.”

Wow, their “god(s)” sound just like them. I wonder why? They love not Truth, for they ignore Reason, and scorn Faith.

[mdmathis6]

“few members actually confided in me that they didn’t really believe in God, but they liked the idea of belonging to a church. That certainly took me off guard...”

“having a form of Godliness but denying the power there-of...”

The description of the coming Great Apostacy or “falling away”!