What do you see as the relationship between spirituality and religion in your life?
I have to write a paper for a class on spirituality in the medical profession and have to interview people of different spiritual beliefs…so if someone who is not a Christian could answer this, that’d be great. (I’ve already interviewed one) These are the other questions:
Is your spirituality expressed through your religious practices? If so, how?
How do your spirituality and/or religious beliefs impact your day-to-day choices about how you live your life?
If you were in the hospital receiving nursing care, how might a nurse help you spiritually?
I was baptized Lutheran, but consider myself agnostic/atheist … I don’t know if this will help, but I’ll answer your questions:
Is your spirituality expressed through your religious practices? If so, how?
-Yes, I do not go to church or pray, but I am patient with others and make it a point not mock them for their beliefs or be overtly offensive to their beliefs
How do your spirituality and/or religious beliefs impact your day-to-day choices about how you live your life?
- I try to uphold a high moral standard and be a happy, healthy person for people to be around … I hope to make a difference & show others that believing in a supernatural being or higher power is not required for someone to be a good person
If you were in the hospital receiving nursing care, how might a nurse help you spiritually?
- He/She could help by not assuming I am religious, particularly by assuming I am Christian … this puts a pressure on me to accept someone else’s beliefs at a time when I need peace, when i need to steady my mind – surgery and illness are difficult times – a lot of energy goes into trying to not break-down in front of those I care about … to add trying not to offend someone else’s beliefs just requires more energy … and what if I were Jewish or Buddhist and the nurse starts talking about Jesus? The best they can do is find out my beliefs and the beliefs of those close to me … then they can pray with them or find the appropriate clergy for them … and please, with everything already on plate if I am hospitalized, I am under enough stress, don’t try to convert me …
I couldn’t have said it better than Slinkies! Kudos for the answers!
To add to it, I don’t see a need for a brick and mortar structure to be a moral person. I don’t have religious practices other than to try and live a life that helps rather than hurts others. I do cringe when I hear the phrase “Christian morals” because it implies that if you don’t follow their specific creed (and that even varies between sects) than it’s impossible to live a moral life.
Is your spirituality expressed through your religious practices? If so, how? Religious practices are not the measurement of one’s spiritual growth, it is measured by how you act as a person. One can be so religious but in reality their stagnation on his spiritual life.
How do your spirituality and/or religious beliefs impact your day-to-day choices about how you live your life? As a matured Christian, spiritual gives impact to your life as a person. You have to be a model that one has to follow. Hence, you must live with respect, integrity and love. When these 3 are absent then there is something missing in your spiritual life.
If you were in the hospital receiving nursing care, how might a nurse help you spiritually? I would say the attending aides can help you spiritually by assuring you that you’ll be okay soon and that they are praying for your speedy recovery.
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