“I’m spiritual, not religious.”
I’ve heard this so often from the most sincere people. They seem to wear it as a badge for having accomplished some sort of rite of passage.
What is your translation for:
“I’m spiritual, not religious.”
Here’s mine:
“I want the comforts of Christianity, without the challenges.”
Becoming like Jesus Christ – a challenge that lasts a lifetime, it certainly takes committment and direction from something more substantive than one’s gut. Reflecting further: Christ without a Body, why bother with the Cross.
I agree Church is work, and messy at times, just like a family, but Jesus thought we were up to this challenge with a little help from the Others in His Family, the Father and the Holy Spirit. Actually, Christians get two Mothers, Mary and the Church. The Church isn’t optional. It is the Body of Christ.
Be Holy! 
I find it extremely irritating when people say: “I’m spiritual, Not religious”.
It’s the same as saying: “I believe in unicorns, Not Santa”.
The belief in a spirit/soul aka “spirituality”, IS A RELIGIOUS BELIEF!
If you believe in an intangible thing for which there is no evidence and no amount of tests have ever shown any signs of the existence of this thing: then congratulations, you have what is called “faith” and henceforth you have a religous belief.
Those who insist that they are “spiritual, NOT religious” are contradicting themselves.
I will accept that these people often mean to say that they are not part of a mainstream organised religion, but if they have faith in something they call “spirituality” then they are still religious.
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