I had the same assumption when I joined the site, until I questioned “spirituality” in a post and got properly slammed by quite a few folks. It seems many of our fellow members self-define as “not religious but spiritual.” Whatever that means ...

@The-Krzyz i had the following equation: religion = spiritualism = bullshit

@The-Krzyz If someone says they are not religious but spiritual that, to me, implies that they don't adhere to any specific religion but are open to the supernatural, which might include a god of some sort.

@Joanne Well, that’s a better definition than many I have heard, most of which are really nebulous, if not evasive. For better or for worse, I don’t have a spiritual bone in this materialistic body of mine!

@Mofo1953 I do believe there is a big difference between modern-day “spirituality” and the “spiritualism” of yesteryear. Spiritualism’s heyday came after the horrors of both the Great War and the subsequent flu pandemic in which millions died. Grieving families were easy prey for “psychics” and “mediums” promising contact with departed loved ones — at a price, of course. Magician Harry Houdini made it a personal crusade to expose as many of these heartless frauds as he could.

@The-Krzyz I know that some atheists will use the word "spiritual" when trying to convey an awe-inspiring experience/feeling even though they don't attach that word to anything supernatural. I avoid that word as I don't like the connotations. When I look at the diversity of life, nature, the night sky, the moon, ponder the vastness of the universe etc... I certainly have feelings of amazement, wonder and awe, and of being connected to everything; but, I never feel the need to call that experience spiritual.

@The-Krzyz don't really care about either, same bs to me.

Not all from Philly do the phillies, however, cheesesteaks are argued about daily and all want to know where is the best in your humble opinion.

@Beowulfsfriend I'm a Jim's guy. D'alessandro's is worth mentioning. To be honest, Wawa cheesesteaks are pretty good.

@zeuser no Wawa for me (don't do that company). My son lives down there and I honestly have had a number of good ones - I just love how the locals tell me the absolute best, and, they are all correct - good food.

You know... when you are "there" but you aren't really "there."

Or

"No adjustment to your television set is necessary. We will control what you see and hear."

Online dating, which I guess is where this thread should have gone....

You don't meet two men in zion (misspelled) called Al, perhaps?

Taking your astral plane out for a trip around the bay.

@oldFloyd Too late. The former pilot, one Timothy Leary, is dead, I hear.