For 70,000 years, personal meaning has been found through spirituality. Religion is a relative newcomer and this awareness has only been here on this planet for about 5,000 years. The communal inclination of our species where the view of life is expressed, developed and protected from the outside is called religion. Non-religious spiritual people often express their values by protesting injustice towards the earth, animals, or the environment, as the focus of meaning and purpose of life. Some may look to today's religions as the source of the sorrow and anguish that has been brought to the world.
Religion often consoles more than it prompts members to social justice or peace.
For some, this is the rationalization they were looking for. They now have a justification for dropping out of religious membership. Many of the bloodiest places on earth are those places where religionists take their religion seriously. Recently, spirituality has become a phrase for the timid. It is often used by representatives of institutions in place of the noun religion.