What Is Spirituality? Can I Be Spiritual Without Religion? -Misconceptions about Spirituality - Conclusion

 Misconception: Any connection with the spirit realm, including spiritism or spiritualism, promotes spirituality. 

Fact: One form of spiritism, sometimes called spiritualism, is the belief that the spirits of dead people can communicate with the living. However, the Bible teaches that the dead are unconscious. (Ecclesiastes 9:5) Spiritism is actually communication with spirit creatures who opposed to God. Spiritism angers God and prevents a person from being spiritual.  -LEVITICUS 20:6; DEUTERONOMY 18:11, 12. 

Note: These people who believe in haunted houses, don't see ghosts. These spirits are demons who can take the shape of a loved one to make people think the opposite of what God wants. They are insulting God and make him very unhappy. You don't want to mess with these demons, they can and will cause problems you don't want or need. The dead are exactly what it says -dead and they stay way until God's time to do otherwise. 

Misconception: All creatures possess spirituality. 

Fact: Everything God created brings honor to him. (Psalm 145:10; Romans 1:20) However, only God's intelligent creatures can develop spirituality. In contrast, animals act on instinct and cannot establish a friendship with God. Their actions are mainly driven by their physical needs. (2 Peter 2:12) Thus, the Bible contrasts spirituality with animalistic thinking and behavior. - JAMES 3:15; JUDE 19. 

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