Religion: the expression of spirituality, often done in the form of tradition.
Spirituality: the connection to something larger than oneself; the acknowledged human inclination to connect with something larger than oneself; transcendence of finite, temporal, and material based existence.
The problem with this definition is it says what it is not as opposed to what it is. What is larger than oneself? It is negativistic as opposed to positivistic, which is contrary to western scientific thought.
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