by Rod Edwards on August 17, 2010
by Rod Edwards on June 5, 2010
“Being spiritual but not religious can lead to complacency and self-centeredness,” says Martin, an editor at America, a national Catholic magazine based in New York City. “If it’s just you and God in your room, and a religious community makes no demands on you, why help the poor?”
via Are there dangers in being ‘spiritual but not religious’? – CNN.com.
Um, thanks but no thanks, CNN. I’m going to go out on a limb here and suggest that the relationship between community giving and religious affiliation was decoupled long ago. Articles like these are what I call “pandering” not journalism. Who’s asking “Is there danger in being Religious but not Spiritual?” I think that question should be higher in the minds of the quoted catholics and Jesuits.