Spirituality is an emotion. Religion is an obligation. Spirituality soothes. Religion mobilizes. Spirituality is satisfied with itself. Religion is dissatisfied with the world. Religions create aid organizations; as Nicholas Kristof pointed out in a column in the New York Times two years ago: the largest U.S.-based international relief and development organization is not Save the Children or Care, it’s World Vision, a Seattle-based Christian group. . . To be spiritual but not religious confines your devotional life to feeling good. ideas.time/2013/03/21/viewpoint-the-problem-with-being-spiritual-but-not-religious/#ixzz2rZIokJw3
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