I'm not religious, I'm spiritual

Anyone else know people who say this and find it really annoying?

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Permalink Reply by Doug Reardon on February 4, 2012 at 9:21pm

I find it more annoying when people tell me that I'm a really spiritual person!

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Permalink Reply by Rikke Petersen on February 14, 2012 at 3:43pm

Dude! I get the same all the time, and I really have no clue why they'd say that. I suppose they confuse thoughtful with spiritual.

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Permalink Reply by dragotron on February 4, 2012 at 9:34pm

hahaaaa that's awesome.. I don't think anyone's ever told me that

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Permalink Reply by erik112358 on February 5, 2012 at 1:34am

Translated: I believe in bullshit, but not the same bullshit as everyone else.

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Permalink Reply by ryan werling on February 5, 2012 at 11:41pm

haha

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Permalink Reply by erik112358 on February 7, 2012 at 2:03am

i was bored at work today, so...

I call it "hipster theists".

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Permalink Reply by Doc Feral on February 5, 2012 at 12:16pm

Thomas Jefferson said that about himself. He didn't go to church, but he did believe in God and was intrigued by the wonders of 'God's work"..

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Permalink Reply by Helen Pluckrose on February 6, 2012 at 11:33am

I agree. I am English but have quoted Jefferson often when arguing with American Christians claiming that the US was founded on Christianity. I was so disappointed recently to learn his attitude towards slavery and race was not equally enlightened. Still, he was a man of his time. Darwin believed much the same and also that women were naturally inferior.

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Permalink Reply by Eoganacht on February 7, 2012 at 3:17am

Sadly it seems that most of history's most influential people had darker sides, some more than others. At least by today's standards anyway.

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Permalink Reply by Lee on July 25, 2012 at 8:30pm

I've been a fan of Jefferson since even years ago when I was Christian. Everyone's flawed- you can't be expected to see every bias in your society at once. But he was still an amazing man.

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Permalink Reply by archaeopteryx on July 26, 2012 at 10:22am

@Eoganacht - we all have darker sides, but some of us are closer to the spotlight than others. We expect our heroes to be superhuman and are often disappointed to learn that they're just like us.