Reply #46: This is open for misunderstanding . . .. [View All]

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religious/spiritual parent/guardian
nonreligious/nonspiritual parent/guardian
religious individual other than parent/guardian
nonreligious individual other than parent/guardian
mostly from religious/spiritual people
mostly from nonreligious/nonspiritual people
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so you're supposedly saying . . .
religious OR spiritual parent OR guardian
nonreligious OR nonspiritual parent OR guardian
religious individual other than parent OR guardian
nonreligious individual other than parent OR guardian
mostly from religious OR spiritual people
mostly from nonreligous OR nonspiritual people


and what I'm saying is you need to separate out spiritual rather than connecting it in any way with religion ---

but I think your question is very interesting . . . .
and reflecting back I think I've had a lot of people in my life who were taught religions and religious beliefs but also understood them to be mythical -- so there's a lot in this realm that I think still has to be worked thru.

There are people I remember because of their spirits ---
they are important to me and have had the most effect on me ---
even people I've never known, but where I've been inspired thru biographies, etal ---

Eleanor Roosevelt, I guess is one of those people -- she would have been the first --
except for my family.

Being loved within a family is a spiritual experience -- IMO.