Theos-Talk Archives (July 1996 Message tl00632)

In message <960725111630_163946532@emout10.mail.aol.com>,
Drpsionic@aol.com writes
>Alan,
>I define religion as institutionalized spirituality,

I don't.

> and those who ascribe to
>it should be.

There is a case to answer given your definition.

>  I have never had anything but bad experiences with them and
>neither have my friends.  They have damned near driven my girlfriend to
>suicide.

I would comment that anything which claims to be, or represents itself
as (either explicitly or implicitly) as intitutionalized spirituality
can and does do serious harm to many people.  I would also comment that
spirituality cannot, IMO, be institutionalized.  So once again I say
that what you are describing as religion is, in fact, nothing of the
kind, but a human invention for the purposes of people-control.

I wrote a small booklet called "True Religion" which I will try to dig
out, revise, and upload.
>
Alan
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