That is a very good question and the answer is dependent upon how you define religion. In my opinion religion has a bigger set of connotations than just a system of beliefs. Tied to that word are the words church, organization and politics, along with a unified and very defined belief system.
I define my spirituality and faith in much broader terms and it doesn't come with a How To book of commands or a defined set of beliefs except in the broadest of terms. I can choose to interface with others or practice it alone, my choice, there is no good or bad to doing so or not. My path is anti-recruitment, doesn't encourage breeding in order to propagate and explicitly does not wish to organize under a single umbrella, nor do I think it ever could.
Some who walk the same path as I are Atheists, so truly personal interpretation is everything.
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Re: Hmmm
Date: 2011-03-23 04:14 pm (UTC)I define my spirituality and faith in much broader terms and it doesn't come with a How To book of commands or a defined set of beliefs except in the broadest of terms. I can choose to interface with others or practice it alone, my choice, there is no good or bad to doing so or not. My path is anti-recruitment, doesn't encourage breeding in order to propagate and explicitly does not wish to organize under a single umbrella, nor do I think it ever could.
Some who walk the same path as I are Atheists, so truly personal interpretation is everything.