In Reply to: Re: Actually, I didn't get you yet!! posted by Farmer on February 02, 2007 at 02:48:27:
Hi Farmer,
The impression I got was you were trying to split hairs yourself to define which category susie belonged to, when she has trouble finding a label for herself. I understand convictions. I think we all do. At first glance I thought I didn't agree with you on, "if you're spiritual you're bound to embrace some religion sooner or later." I think many people can be on a spiritual journey, embrace God, spirituality, and still be eclectic, never feeling they can identify with a particular religion.
But there is wisdom in the rest of your sentence: "depending whether you're reading something or not, realising that others might have had similar thoughts as you or even new ones you begin to like.(I don't think, you can be religious just by yourself either." I too define religion as a membership club, something that takes more than one person. Religion requires followers, adherents. But I also see religion as a futile attempt by some to make others see God in exactly the same narrow way, as we all inevitably experience God differently.