I’m sorry but “spiritual, but not religious” is the laziest kind of premium mediocre religious position.
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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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Okay, but what if I find atheist materialism to be insufficient and unimaginative but don’t subscribe to any religion either? There’s a no-man’s-land between Scientism and religion that’s begging to be named. The closest I’ve found is this:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ietsism
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Or it signifies that you have explored philosophy and mysticism from many angles and at once found reason to believe there's something there and no reason to believe any one explanation.
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I oft say I am "religious, but not spiritual".
"Religious" means I enjoy:
* ceremonial feasts
* contemplative practices
* festive celebrations
* some ancient ethical aphorisms
"Not Spiritual" means:
* Consider beliefs to be largely irrelevant to the above practices.
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