A new study, described in Scotlands Sunday Herald, says that fully 50% of Europeans are no longer attached to a particular religious institution but continue to have a sincere interest in spirituality.
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At last, someone is getting serious about the abuses being committed by religious groups that promise wealth for the faithful - where ‘faithful’ often means handing over hefty donations or fees to churches and pastors. US Senator Charles Grassley is launching a probe of groups that are raking in millions through this ‘gospel of prosperity.’
This may feel like yet another reason to condemn traditional religious groups and embrace the alternative spirituality movement, but ’spirituality’ has not been free of this kind of abuse - far from it. Continue reading ‘The Abuse of Prosperity preaching’
I like candy floss. There’s something delightful about its airy fluffiness and that incredibly sweetness! I even like the artificial colouring! Too bad there’s nothing really there and it doesn’t do you a bit of good.
I’ve been wondering if some of what passes for spirituality these days isn’t awfully similar to my cloud-like pink delight on a stick. Now, I know there are plenty of people out there who believe that anything outside of their own chosen traditions is worthless and shallow. I’m not one of them! My mind and heart are open to new wisdom and my own personal spirituality is drawn from multiple sources. Furthermore, I firmly believe that different people may thrive on different spiritual paths. Continue reading ‘Junk Food Spirituality?’
This is a phrase we hear often these days. The growing tendency to seek spirituality outside of traditional religion is reflected in a 2003 survey of British adults conducted by Ipsos MORI for the BBC: 24% indicated that they are ‘…spiritually inclined but don’t really “belong” to an organised religion.’ This should hardly be surprising given the need that so many of us feel for more meaning and connection in our lives and the very low proportion (5-10%) of the population that actually attend any kind of regular religious events. Continue reading ‘“I’m spiritual, but not religious”’
Many of us today are blessed with great freedoms - we are free of the bonds of slavery, oppression, and poverty within which so much of the world still struggles. But if we - the privileged - are in fact free, what is that keeps us from being whole, happy, and at peace? Continue reading ‘Spirituality and the Path to Freedom’
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