Comment on What do you call the beleif that gods are just higher beings on other planes of existence?
Sylra@lemmy.cafe 3 days ago
“spiritual, but not religious”
then explain in more detail
Comment on What do you call the beleif that gods are just higher beings on other planes of existence?
Sylra@lemmy.cafe 3 days ago
“spiritual, but not religious”
then explain in more detail
Drbreen@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
What makes something religious? Because at least with Christianity, they claim that God is spirit. Whatever ‘spirit’ is…
adespoton@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Religion has to do with habits and practices. So someone can brush their teeth religiously.
Christianity is a religion, but it’s also a faith-based belief system that incorporates alternate planes of existence. Some people eschew the religion part but still have the belief system, and some people play inside the religion without actually believing in the spiritual side of things.
I like to explain Christianity as the belief in a multidimensional being who defines the dimensions we can observe and has done a bit of mucking around in a way that was measurable by us. Angelic appearances? Most would call them aliens, as they’d be extra terrestrial intelligences. Spiritual possession? A different dimension that has an effect on the ones we inhabit, but is currently beyond our capacity to fully understand.