"I'm Spiritual But Not Religious" | National Catholic Reporter

"I'm Spiritual But Not Religious" | National Catholic Reporter by MSW.  MGB: What spiritual but not religious means is that they don't believe that God is the ogre some in the Church make Her out to be.  Creating a different Higher Power than what they have learned is often required for them to approach God and they are not deluding themselves in doing so.  While following all the ruberics and confessing every sin is a comfort it is also a cheapening of faith.  Where God demands perfection is not in following the rules but in loving others unselfishly - and I assure you that this is a lot harder and can never be mastered without help from H.P.  It takes Spiritual Exercise to master (not the allusions to Loyola). 

Spiritual but not Religious is Code for in recovery but not going back to Church (in some cases due to the perceived unreasonability over the teachings on what are really trivial matters such as masturbation and birth control).