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_Opi_ , I see your point, but like so many things, one's feelings about a "greater being" is very personal. I see the difference as an and/or situation between accepting God's laws, man's laws or both.
For instance, in the Catholic religion, we are taught to follow the 10 Commandments-God's law. We are also taught to attend mass on Holy Days of Obligation-laws of my religion, the Catholic Church, which were made by men.
I consider myself to be spiritual because I make every effort to follow God's laws (even though I often fail). The laws of the church, which include things like not practicing birth control with the only exception being the rhythm method, are sometimes difficult to see as logical. Yet, the reason is due to a quote in the bible about "spilling your seed" as interpreted by our leaders.
Maybe it's just an excuse I use to do what I feel is "right".
This puts me into another category-guilty of committing one of the Seven Deadly Sins-Pride-by thinking my interpretation is as good as those who are charged with our spiritual development.
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