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BridgeTheGap Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-22-10 10:09 AM
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Some locals focus on spirituality, not religion
About a dozen people huddled at a Poplar Level Road coffeehouse on a recent evening, drawn by the discussion topic, “I'm Not Religious … I'm Spiritual.”

They spoke of their alienation from clergy, creeds, congregations and sermons of condemnation.

They spoke of connection to the divine through laughter and nature, of mystic connections with deceased love ones, of the awe of a newborn baby or the Milky Way on a clear winter night.

Some were still involved in their churches, but they couldn't accept that for their religion to be right, Mahatma Gandhi had to be in hell.

Survey numbers suggest the group, small as it was, is on the vanguard of a social transformation.

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20100322/NEWS01/3220328/Some+locals+focus+on+spirituality++not+religion
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msongs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-22-10 10:16 AM
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1. most "popular" religions are fear based n exclusionary. what's to like lol nt
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