Rather be spiritual than religious.

I’m spiritual. Not religious. There’s a big difference.  Religions turn me off.  The spirits turn me on. My guess is that the creator wanted us all to be spiritual. And to spurn religions. Because religions divide us. Spirits bring us together. Initially, there was spiritual life. Which comes naturally. But then mankind went wrong. And started forming religions. Of all kinds. And each religion tended to say it was the only true and valid and correct way to worship. Everybody else was wrong.  Little wonder that produced feuds and wars. People thought it was all right to kill each other over religious principles. That the creator was on their side.  That he turned the world into good and bad. And it was up to us to get it right.  Well, seems to me that the creator meant that we’re are all spiritual beings. That the spirit comes naturally. And that all religions are bad/unnatural. And the creator wants the spirit to prevail. Because the basic spirit is love. Religion is just the opposite. The teacher of hate and intolerance. –Jim Broede