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<blockquote data-quote="LarryR" data-source="post: 1577817" data-attributes="member: 348373">Saying you are &quot;spiritual but not religious&quot; is like saying &quot;I&#039;m athletic but I don&#039;t exercise&quot;, or &quot;I&#039;m scientific but I don&#039;t do math&quot;, or &quot;I&#039;m a musician but I don&#039;t practice.&quot;&nbsp; It pretty much ranks up there with the idiots who, when they meet a Green Beret, say &quot;I thought about joining the Army once when I was 17&quot; and think that somehow that puts them and the Green Beret in the same league.It is very fashionable of late because it allows one to act like they care about spiritual matters, without actually having to do the hard work that is required in order to grow spiritually.The bottom line is, religion is applied spirituality.&nbsp; Ones spiritual growth is like any other sort of growth, be it physical, or mental or emotional...it takes work, and it takes discipline, and it takes working at it even when you don&#039;t feel like working at it. That&#039;s why religion is often hard. It forces you to do hard things and make hard choices. Because it&#039;s hard, a lot of people don&#039;t like it. This isn&#039;t surprising as the same is true of physical exercise. (Look at all the ads for &quot;loose weight without diet or exercise!). But it is the only way people can grow spiritually.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LarryR, post: 1577817, member: 348373"] Saying you are "spiritual but not religious" is like saying "I'm athletic but I don't exercise", or "I'm scientific but I don't do math", or "I'm a musician but I don't practice." It pretty much ranks up there with the idiots who, when they meet a Green Beret, say "I thought about joining the Army once when I was 17" and think that somehow that puts them and the Green Beret in the same league. It is very fashionable of late because it allows one to act like they care about spiritual matters, without actually having to do the hard work that is required in order to grow spiritually. The bottom line is, religion is applied spirituality. Ones spiritual growth is like any other sort of growth, be it physical, or mental or emotional...it takes work, and it takes discipline, and it takes working at it even when you don't feel like working at it. That's why religion is often hard. It forces you to do hard things and make hard choices. Because it's hard, a lot of people don't like it. This isn't surprising as the same is true of physical exercise. (Look at all the ads for "loose weight without diet or exercise!). But it is the only way people can grow spiritually. [/QUOTE]

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