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Trying to explain Spirituality v. Organized Religion
By Susan M. DeVore
Spirituality is believing that there is something greater out there than ourselves,
doesn't matter what you call this entity ... it only matters that you believe. And it
doesn't make a person a heathen v. a christian (those are just empty titles to
which some people feel they are entitled); ultimately, we are all human beings of
flesh and blood; we all bleed red; we are all fallible and we all have a soul to feed
and gifts to give so long as we do so lovingly, out of kindness, in peace, and
altruistically. Not one of us is perfect, ne'er will we ever be ... and acceptance of
that fact is true humility and believing in the Divine.

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  • 1. Trying to explain Spirituality v. Organized Religion By Susan M. DeVore Spirituality is believing that there is something greater out there than ourselves, doesn't matter what you call this entity ... it only matters that you believe. And it doesn't make a person a heathen v. a christian (those are just empty titles to which some people feel they are entitled); ultimately, we are all human beings of flesh and blood; we all bleed red; we are all fallible and we all have a soul to feed and gifts to give so long as we do so lovingly, out of kindness, in peace, and altruistically. Not one of us is perfect, ne'er will we ever be ... and acceptance of that fact is true humility and believing in the Divine.