Question

what are the similarities of religion and spirituality?

Answer 1

Answer:

Similarities between Religion and Spirituality

The belief in something bigger than the self is what unites religion and spirituality. This larger power can be God, Allah, Buddha, Yahweh, or our belief in a primal force in the universe. A greater power has put us in this universe.

Answer 2

Religion is a belief in someone else's experience. Spirituality is having your own experience. The belief in something bigger than the self is what unites religion and spirituality.

Explanation:

• Both religion and spirituality desire to have a relationship with this higher power.
• Both religion and spirituality have rituals and practices.
• In both spirituality and religion, it is our duty to find our life’s purpose or to live our purpose as defined by our spiritual guide.
• Both have respect for the sacred, the other worldly.
• Repetition of existence, non-existence, meaninglessness are forms of punishment for failure, either in religion or in spirituality.