I preface by saying this: I'm brain-damaged about faith and spirituality. Thus, I ask this:
...I consider myself spiritual and on a spiritual path but I don't identify that as religion nor do I want to.
Why not? Where's the line? I assume that you've got a belief structure that gives you comfort and allows you to interface with the numinous at a personal level. When does that become "religion"? After all, Christianity started out as an old-school alt.religion.judaism blog-post gone wild. Was it a religion when it was recognized by Constantine? When things were written down? When it gained temporal power?
Not being an ass, just consistently curious and welcoming of opinions from people who... well, have them. Thanks!
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Re: Hmmm
Date: 2011-03-23 03:44 pm (UTC)...I consider myself spiritual and on a spiritual path but I don't identify that as religion nor do I want to.
Why not? Where's the line? I assume that you've got a belief structure that gives you comfort and allows you to interface with the numinous at a personal level. When does that become "religion"? After all, Christianity started out as an old-school alt.religion.judaism blog-post gone wild. Was it a religion when it was recognized by Constantine? When things were written down? When it gained temporal power?
Not being an ass, just consistently curious and welcoming of opinions from people who... well, have them. Thanks!