Luigi
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Post by Luigi on Sept 22, 2004 20:06:30 GMT -5
Do you believe these words are synonymous? If not, how are they different? C: We donb't believe in synonms at all *donm't ask* and we'd explain the difference if we had a bigger keybaord and/or were able to explain things and form coherent sentences.g
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Post by embah on Sept 23, 2004 21:08:45 GMT -5
i don't know. i guess you could say they were, but one could also argue that they're not.
god is a ruler of ones religion, beliefs etc. and one we look for guidence in, and an idol.
religion is actually the belief of a god or gods
spirituality is/are spirits. meaning ghosts or afterlife. it could also be used when talking abour religion or gods but also about ancestors, ghosts, death, life after death etc.
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Post by Phoenix 4242424242424242424242 on Oct 4, 2004 1:43:44 GMT -5
I don't think they mean the similar thing, because God is a Christian object. A religion is also different, because religions come in many different ways. What I mean by this is that you have religions centuries old, and then you have New Age, which is constantly changing. And then there's spiritually. That's different from the other two. It goes with phycic powers, and crystal ball gazing (okay, maybe not nesseccarily but you get my point). To get in touch with your spiritual side is just to get to know yourself.
So to sum it all up, no. No I don't think they are similar.
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Antenora
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Post by Antenora on Oct 4, 2004 7:29:35 GMT -5
I think that spirituality is more general than religion. Whereas religion means following a certain set of beliefs, spirituality means a belief in spirits and in the supernatural. That's how I see it.
God(capitalized) refers to the Christian god, but when lowercased, "god" means a supernatural, powerful being, possibly one of many. The three terms are connected, but not synonymous.
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Post by Charles Vane on Oct 4, 2004 22:40:06 GMT -5
It depends on the God and religion you're talking about. You can be spiritual and have religion but to some beliefs if it's not the right one you don't get into heaven.
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Post by embah on Oct 5, 2004 3:25:29 GMT -5
The Ancient Greeks believed in gods such as Zues who had certain 'magical' powers. So that would be a mixture of religion and spirtulality.
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Post by Phoenix 4242424242424242424242 on Oct 6, 2004 0:55:59 GMT -5
God(capitalized) refers to the Christian god, but when lowercased, "god" means a supernatural, powerful being, possibly one of many. The three terms are connected, but not synonymous. *Stunned* Too true.
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