Do theists understand the difference between Spirit and Religion?

Question

Or do they still assume Atheists are not spiritual?

Answer 1

The Christians have never heard of Buddhism.

Answer 2

yes but what spirit are you messing with?

there are evil spirits too....if youre not with God, then youre against Him........

Answer 3

There is no difference, spirit and religion go hand in hand. Anyone claiming anything different, they have a very boring life.

Answer 4

If a person does not believe in spirits or supernatural beings then it is strange to hear them call themselves 'spiritual'.  What is your definition of this word?  It must be different from mine.

EDIT:  I really think you've fallen into the pop-culture definition of the term 'spiritual'.  A simple google search makes it fairly clear that having morals doesn't necessarily qualify as being spiritual.  

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1...

Answer 5

ATHEIST -  someone who does not believe in a God – any God – not just the Christian one.  But that does not mean they do not hold strong moral or religious beliefs!  They can follow any religion that does not have a god and there are a lot of those!!

Like BUDDHISM – Religious teaching from Buddha and his followers that by destroying greed, hatred and delusion (the cause of all suffering) man can attain perfect enlightenment!!

But most of the Christian rants on here seem to have come after they have consumed a lot of spirits!!

Answer 6

Typically, no... most theists don't understand the difference between spirituality and religion.  However, I don't believe that you'd be qualified as an Atheist, either.  An Atheist believes in no form of spirituality or religion, at all.  They believe what they see, touch, hear, smell, and taste and that's about it.  The only religion which closely resembled this is LaVeyan Satanism.  Which, by the way, is an interesting religion with many very fine points which I believe.  However, they focus on being your own god, which an atheist does not.  You'd most likely be classified as an Agnostic if you're unsure of what spiritual path is the truth (if any).  But, again, most theists don't understand this and it's generally a waste of breath to get them to...

Answer 7

Spirit means breath, or inspiration. Not every spirit is of God. There are good spirits and evil spirits. You do not necessarily believe that God exists to know that there are spirits.

Answer 8

Call yourself something else then, dingbat.

Answer 9

You believe you have a spirit?

Do you believe in a flying spaghetti monster too?

You're not an atheist, you want the street cred us atheists get AND believe in nonsense.  Cheater.

Answer 10

Spirit has a lot to do with religion. Religion is what you believe in. And in a persons life spirit evolves with religious views and Ideas. Spirit is courage. and courage comes in believing what god has for you on your way of life. without believe in god.. there can be no spirit. And is useless trying to be spiritual.  

Answer 11

the soul has to be experiences. as you taste food and the drink you experience; one will have to experience god for the welfare of the soul. according to my master's teaching is that the end of religion is spirituality' please experience by meditating only where the yoga starts. the soul has to be connected to the cosmic only by a guru who know the path. yoga means uniting two things that they are the phisical and spiritual life.

Answer 12

I was an atheist before and I was very spiritual.  I think a spiritual atheist is just someone who hasn't found God.  His spirit is there. It's just lost.  But that's just what I believe from experience.  

Answer 13

I think we might need to remind them once in a while that there are atheistic religions. ;)  

Answer 14

Yes I understand the difference. Do you?

Answer 15

possible some  do not.

Answer 16

Peace and blessings be upon you.

Some atheists say they are spiritual but i don't think that they share the same idea about the spirits with the religious people .

i just wanted to know if atheists believe that the man consist of body and spirit ?

Spirit is the part of the man which is higher than time and place and this what return back to the God when the body change into dust , this what differentiate the people ,what they like ,prefer ,..

Religion:is how the person see the God?

the religion which i follow see the God is one  , great and Just ,know everything even what we hide inside our hearts , see what we do and hear what we say and my religion also believe in all his prophets.