In the Spirit of Sankofa, ... Well, if you refer back, I gave credit to your statements of equivalency concerning the two(2), spirituality and religion. A comparative analysis leaves no other choice, in my opinion; which is to say, they aren't mutually exclusive. As for the weird turn, the agenda of the OP always drives the discussion. Personally, I'm pleased at the outcome. Peace In,
you were the first to use the word ... religion is an attempt to put Spirituality in little bitty boxes called "god", "catholic", "christian"and such and getting everybody all twisted up and messed around so bad that the very idea of getting out to the natural Spirituality of Nature is something that folks just kinda shy away from. they get to thinking that "Spirituality" and "religion" have anything to do with each other. they get to thinking that they gotta have somebody else ["jesus"] speak ["with God"] for them ... which is a good thing to have the sheople doing if you want to exert some so-called "control" over them ... oh, wait ... y'all be beating around the bush like a moth around a flame; sometimes touching sorta almost on something resembling the Truth and then twisting it into something that don't look nothing like it no more and then getting into acrimonious "discussions" about the disagreements-that-aren't-really and bouncing off and then coming back from another weird angle with something else that's been dumped to the media to distract you and off you go again and then .... just WOW. but i'm gonna keep sticking around and keep praying that you'll come to some kind of sensible something or other sooner or later and realize that, just maybe, you gonna hafta step way the heck out on a limb and decide to stand some kind of ground on your very own Truth ... if you dare go deep enough within yourself to find YOUR Truth. [hint: when you get there, you'll find that it is the very same Truth that permeates every bit of ISness that Exists within ALL of Creation!] flush the brain and reboot to the base "metal"!
In the Spirit of Sankofa, ... Its not who used the word first, its how it was used... In this case, simply as a suggestion, definitively, of my understanding of the poster's motive. While I agree with you on the unnecessary combative back and forth, especially when it degenerates into Hieroglyphics being used to usurp language; I do disagree with you on religion and spirituality being mutually exclusive. Don't just stick around, but jump in and assist us toward finding a real panacea, your time and grade here dictates it. Peace In,
It's a direction because you want a REPLACEMENT. How do you REPLACE reality? Again SPIRITUAL is a given. You are ALIVE therefore you are SPIRITUAL. Spiritual is NOT about words, dogmas and the like. IT JUST IS. Now what you do with that spirit is another thing. I believe there should be a code of conduct people should follow for the sake of peace without the fairy tale falsehoods of religion.
Clyde showed what his purpose is. It's not about uplifting Black/African people, it's about getting paid.