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Originally Posted by elbear

If I read between the lines, spiritual meaning the qualities of being spiritually minded..goodness, kindness, helpfulness and so on..then I've been on the path (sometimes slip off), most of my life. I call it religious but we get caught up on semantics with terms. I believe in God too, but not the anthropormorphized God. I have grown up Christian so I see God in this light or the qualities of God, is a better description. I think the Mystics, who seem to have no problem with each other no matter what background, have it right. Being spiritually minded, how should I act? The Golden Rule is the answer and I believe it included all things and creatures on this earth. I tend to stay away from extreme dogmatics especially as they break this rule and in this sense say religions divide, heart-felt spirituality brings us together.

I like that approach. I rarely go to church but minored in Religious Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno. Brought up Lutheran but really do not accept some of their doctrines. I have not really found a church that has just doctrines I can accept. So many religious rules seem to come down from rulers using religion to manipulate for some goal they had at that time. I do believe in the Golden Rule and probably see Jesus Christ as the messiah but this is basically just a leap of faith.