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Signals either pc anti-literalism or nebulous new ageism, gestures at philosophy/mysticism while revealing you haven’t actually explored either, and often suggests conventionalist fear of atheism.
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It might also be a way of saying something boring enough to silence smalltalk about one's actual insane personal journey to an acutely personal set of practices/orientations, in a world where people are routinely judged for their religious and spiritual practices.
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Sorry but I think that is wrong, although certainly applicable to some. "Religions" are institutions, and spiritual but not religious means you look for your spirituality outside of institutions, which seems like an excellent strategy.
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It’s a heuristic with a nonzero rate of false positives/negatives like any other. I conclude lazy thinker until proven otherwise
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