I’ve run across a number of people lately who talk about religion being a dusty set of rules and spirituality being freeing. Christians talk about knowing Christ and leaving dead religion behind.
I can understand those thoughts that do turn following Christ into a matter of mere rules – following the letter of the law and not the Spirit.
At the same time our society has looked favourably on the term spirituality – as though this were the cure all. Unfortunately this has meant a whole approach which sounds good but seems less than expected. Here are a few thoughts/quotes I’ve also been hearing lately:
Spirituality lacks discipline.
Spirituality is merely living for one’s self in such a way that God becomes me, and life is lived on my set of rules. Ruled based religion in reverse??