Post by Dave on Jan 3, 2013 21:07:43 GMT -5
Spiritual, but not religious
BBC News Magazine,3 January 2013, Tom de Castella
www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20888141#
Research has suggested "spiritual" people may suffer worse mental health than conventionally religious, agnostic or atheist people. But what exactly do people mean when they describe themselves as "spiritual, but not religious"?
Spirituality is a common term these days, used by Prince Charles, and by the Archbishop of York as a way of stepping beyond religious divides.
But many now call themselves "spiritual" but not religious. About a fifth of people in the UK fit into this category, according to Prof Michael King from University College London.
In the US, a Newsweek survey in 2005 put the figure at a quarter. A survey in October by the Pew Research Center suggested a lower figure with a fifth of people religiously unaffiliated and 37% of those regarding themselves as spiritual but not religious.
King's research suggested that in the UK the "spiritual" group are more likely to have mental health problems, such as anxiety or depression.
OMG – They are talking about me. I am a card carrying manic depressive! I have lived the extremes of church participation! And now I preach a much more esoteric approach myself!
My bi-polar nature has actually been a blessing in disguise. I can say with great confidence, I have seen this issue, not only from both sides, but multiple sides, and over 50+ years. After a while, weighing all the evidence from all extremes and few central themes emerge:
Speaking as a strict scientist, there is a subatomic duality to our reality: Wave versus Particle. The thing is constructed upon the non-thing. There seems to be 10 dimensions of space and one dimension of time. As a multi-dimensionalist, I concede that this s a 3 dimensional reality. Christianity is the only Gospel bold enough to have a 3 dimensional God – Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. It does not matter if you want to call it a cosmic consciousness – or – God. John 1:1 is the key that blends all the differing vocabulary into one reality. – Christ.
BBC News Magazine,3 January 2013, Tom de Castella
www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20888141#
Research has suggested "spiritual" people may suffer worse mental health than conventionally religious, agnostic or atheist people. But what exactly do people mean when they describe themselves as "spiritual, but not religious"?
Spirituality is a common term these days, used by Prince Charles, and by the Archbishop of York as a way of stepping beyond religious divides.
But many now call themselves "spiritual" but not religious. About a fifth of people in the UK fit into this category, according to Prof Michael King from University College London.
In the US, a Newsweek survey in 2005 put the figure at a quarter. A survey in October by the Pew Research Center suggested a lower figure with a fifth of people religiously unaffiliated and 37% of those regarding themselves as spiritual but not religious.
King's research suggested that in the UK the "spiritual" group are more likely to have mental health problems, such as anxiety or depression.
OMG – They are talking about me. I am a card carrying manic depressive! I have lived the extremes of church participation! And now I preach a much more esoteric approach myself!
My bi-polar nature has actually been a blessing in disguise. I can say with great confidence, I have seen this issue, not only from both sides, but multiple sides, and over 50+ years. After a while, weighing all the evidence from all extremes and few central themes emerge:
Speaking as a strict scientist, there is a subatomic duality to our reality: Wave versus Particle. The thing is constructed upon the non-thing. There seems to be 10 dimensions of space and one dimension of time. As a multi-dimensionalist, I concede that this s a 3 dimensional reality. Christianity is the only Gospel bold enough to have a 3 dimensional God – Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. It does not matter if you want to call it a cosmic consciousness – or – God. John 1:1 is the key that blends all the differing vocabulary into one reality. – Christ.
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