[Honza]

Is religion avoidable? I'm not so sure it is. Loosely speaking all manner of practices and understanding can be called religion.

There is a definite trend here at these forums for people to state that they are not religious. So what manner of spirituality are they practicing? Is it not realistic to call any spiritual endeavor religion?

Religion is generally regarded as being the 'belief in God'. So what people are doing now is replace 'belief' and 'God' with two other states. 'Belief in God' turns into the 'practice of I'.

My contention is that the 'practice of I' is just as religious as the 'belief in God'. It is not the same. But it could be called a religion just as well.

People say 'I have no beliefs'....but they do. They believe in I. Every Eastern and New Age practice depends upon the belief in I. If people did not believe in I then they would not practice I. I is a belief just as much as God is.