Don't know if guest is a regular not signed in or not, but: the thread had no more than started when it was clarified that "spirituality" would have been the word really intended in the title.

I know people who are quite religious, but whose positive open spirituality actually defines them more than any nominal doctrinal stance.

I know people who are so locked into a straitjacket of religious definition that they are virtually immune to any breath of positive spirituality.

I know people who have no inclination whatever to religion, but whose spirituality flows out and nurtures those around them.