Comments on: Why the gods are not winning #3: Questions for UUs http://www.makingchutney.com/2007/06/05/why-the-gods-are-not-winning-3-questions-for-uus/ One part facial hair. Two parts moxy. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:10:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: chutney http://www.makingchutney.com/2007/06/05/why-the-gods-are-not-winning-3-questions-for-uus/#comment-12504 chutney Thu, 07 Jun 2007 03:13:16 +0000 http://www.makingchutney.com/2007/06/05/why-the-gods-are-not-winning-3-questions-for-uus/#comment-12504 You can't separate spirituality from religion. People have made religion into a certain narrow thing, made up of all the little things they don't like. Then labeled all the things they do like "spirituality." But it's all one thing. If you're religious, your spiritual, and if you're spiritual, you're religious. It's just a question of how you go about it. You can’t separate spirituality from religion. People have made religion into a certain narrow thing, made up of all the little things they don’t like. Then labeled all the things they do like “spirituality.” But it’s all one thing. If you’re religious, your spiritual, and if you’re spiritual, you’re religious. It’s just a question of how you go about it.

]]> By: Olaf Gradin http://www.makingchutney.com/2007/06/05/why-the-gods-are-not-winning-3-questions-for-uus/#comment-12498 Olaf Gradin Wed, 06 Jun 2007 15:11:58 +0000 http://www.makingchutney.com/2007/06/05/why-the-gods-are-not-winning-3-questions-for-uus/#comment-12498 Perhaps it's an intentional exclusion from your discussion on this topic, but I see no mention (or contextually none, anyway) of "spirituality." I think a large part of the irreligious population could potentially be described as spiritual, even if unrealized by the individual. Religion, as an opiate, is a turn-off to the world's critical-thinkers. However, critical thinking doesn't necessarily address questions of spirituality, which may reside deep within our systems - undeterred by logical reasoning. It is these people that I think find comfort in UU. They're made up of both the religious and irreligious for a reason; spirituality is the common bond. Incidentally, I'm decidedly pagan in spirit, though not religious. Perhaps it’s an intentional exclusion from your discussion on this topic, but I see no mention (or contextually none, anyway) of “spirituality.” I think a large part of the irreligious population could potentially be described as spiritual, even if unrealized by the individual. Religion, as an opiate, is a turn-off to the world’s critical-thinkers. However, critical thinking doesn’t necessarily address questions of spirituality, which may reside deep within our systems - undeterred by logical reasoning. It is these people that I think find comfort in UU. They’re made up of both the religious and irreligious for a reason; spirituality is the common bond.

Incidentally, I’m decidedly pagan in spirit, though not religious.

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