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Originally posted by Rain Man


A. I define being religious as doing everything prescribed and in a rigid manner with no sense of flexibility along with an inability to discern the spirit of God in which He may want you to deviate from the "normal routine" for reasons only knownst to Him. Being religious is going through the motions of being a Chrisitian (or whatever religion you may be) but not growing and maturing in God. In a nutshell, it is "playing church"

B. I define being spiritual as having an active relationship with God and seeking ways to forge a closer bond with Him. Doing whatever He may wish to have you do to please Him, even if you don't necessarily want to do it. Being able to go against the pious religion as usual--where He leads, you follow. An unending desire to please the Lord and to have a true relationship with Him.

RM

Hmmmm....I can't see anything I would say differently here, so I will just co-sign with Rainman on ALL his responses to the question.

TICKLED PINK: I have some thoughts on what you've asked as well, although I'll let Rainman answer. In a nutshell, I would call them neither. In the latter's case, I haven't seen his program, but I would venture to call these folks ENTERTAINERS. This does not negate my belief that there are many folks who have the spiritual gifts of prophesy and of knowledge/wisdom, but all spiritual gifts are designed to clarify, proclaim and reinforce the word of God, not to tell people about whether their loved one is talking to them on the other side or whether your boyfriend loves them. These don't help articulate the mission of God, so it's unlikely they are spiritual gifts. Gifts are created to enable us to serve and glorify Christ together, and there are no ungifted believers. There are some really good books out there on Spirtiual Gifts.