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Do people still unironically say this? It was a joke even decades ago. I remember parodying it as a teenager.
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20. If you ask a lot of folks in the SF burner set for affiliation they'd say they're "Spiritual but not religious" What they mean is "If I want to believe in Crystals and Chakras, I'm going to, leave me the hell alone" I'm not into that...
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Actually "spiritual but nor religious" is an increasingly popular affiliation category that is showing up on more surveys and is widely popular among young people in particular. What they mean is: "I am not an atheist or total skeptic, but I don't follow any particular dogma."
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IME almost nobody who used the phrase could even parse that sentence. It’s mostly used as a conversation avoidance tactic by people who want to avoid thinking too deeply about uncomfortable ideas.
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