It has its own acronym, SBNR.
I’ve often described myself as “spiritual but not religious” knowing that it sounds to others like I’m hopping onto a bandwagon, but, the thing is, it’s exactly what I mean.
Evidently there are people who despise SBNR. They say that it’s inherently selfish, that it cuts off community, that it reinforces our country’s individuality problem.
I guess there are some SBNR’s who may live out their spirituality in that sort of selfish way, but my guess is that there are other SBNR’s like me who feel their spirituality is the very thing that connects them to community and to the world in an even more profound way then any religious community would ask or demand of them.
To anybody who sees anything wrong with “spiritual but not religious”, I’d say, where did you get that rule?
Are there dangers in being ‘spiritual but not religious – CNN.com
