Spirituality vs. Beliefs

[DipDipDive]

I just filled out an e-Harmony profile because I'm lame and bored and was intrigued by what a co-worker had told me about it. She said that the questions and results were quite indepth, even in the trial phase of the sign-up process, and my curiosity was sparked because personality profiles are very interesting to me. ANYWAYS...

She was right, it is extremely indepth, and for the most part, my results were pretty accurate. However, one thing that was definitely way, WAY off was the information regarding "spirituality." I ranked the importance of similarity between the BELIEFS of me and my partner very highly when those questions were asked, and for some reason, my results repeatedly state that I should be with someone who's involved with his religious community. Pretty comical considering the fact that in one of the very last sections of the lengthy questionnaire, I checked the "is not spiritual or religious" box for my religious affiliation and that of my potential mate.

Why is the word "beliefs" CONSTANTLY linked to religion? To me, a person's beliefs are comprised of their morality and what they prioritize in terms of their ability to be the best person they can be. A person can believe in being faithful to their mate and not lying and not killing and not fucking people over without being totally crazy about Christ. It seems that that line is so blurred nowadays, and I don't understand why. I realize that moral structure is guided by religion for a lot of people, but for just as many, it's guided by what they know to be right and just based on their upbringing and their own personal views and experience.

Why's it gotta be all about Jesus all the time, dudes? Anyone?

[TurdBerglar]

you should get the dvd bible

GREAT FOR BIBLE STUDY!!!

[Bob]

to me, it goes like this

spirituality = believing in something imperceptible, something beyond what you can experience on the earthly plane

religion = belief in an established religious doctrine (catholicism, orthodox judaism, mormons, and so on)

i think that in general, the terms "faith" and belief are pretty closely tied. even if you're an atheist, you have faith, you have faith in the fact that there's no god even though you can't prove it beyond a shadow of a doubt. it's just something you believe very strongly.

as far as morality goes, i don't see why it's necessarily got to be associated with religion. i'm an agnostic, i've got morals.

anyway my point is, they're all just words. the eharmony test is just a program, i guess they picked poor words.

[DipDipDive]

anyway my point is, they're all just words. the eharmony test is just a program, i guess they picked poor words.

I forgot to mention the fact that there's a disclaimer on the site regarding e-Harmony's services being consistent with the social values of the Christian Right. They also don't hook up fags or depressed people LOLOLOLOL.

You're right, though. It's ultimately all about semantics, but I think most Christians would disagree with that statement.

[ericlee]

Spirituality= my stomach is rumbling

Beliefs= I better go take a shit now

[TurdBerglar]

so basically this place exist to get people married and produce more of god's children?

[Bob]

I forgot to mention the fact that there's a disclaimer on the site regarding e-Harmony's services being consistent with the social values of the Christian Right. They also don't hook up fags or depressed people LOLOLOLOL.

You're right, though. It's ultimately all about semantics, but I think most Christians would disagree with that statement.

hah! well, at least they admit it.

[monkey]

the website is like a church trying to get people married, like turd said. im not so sure that it works for everyone. for a fun time though, jdate!

[The Notorious LOL]

yes, because jewish oriented dating sites are leaps and bounds different than christian dating sites.

[monkey]

exactly!

[The Notorious LOL]

either you were being sarcastic right back at me, or my sarcasm failed. Meh. oh well, better go look at wikipedia for a while.

[ScarySquirrel]

Well, I got interested when DDD said that the personality test results were pretty in-depth, so I took it myself. Turns out I'm best suited for someone that matches me and isn't involved in a church or religious community. I don't know what that's supposed to prove, but put that in your pipe and smoke it.

[The Notorious LOL]

I got 10 percent into it and gave up.

my ADD is terrible.

[monkey]

either you were being sarcastic right back at me, or my sarcasm failed. Meh. oh well, better go look at wikipedia for a while.

being serious is sooo 1992.