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Date/Time 26 Dec 2014 3:18:39pm
Yes I hold by my statement.

The people you referred to were obviously to one degree or another profoundly inspired by their religious beliefs, but they were not in any sense practitioners of Spiritual Religion.

Theresa of Lisieux has become the focus of a world-wide "religious" circus which was demonstrated by the fact that her bones were transported all over the world as objects of veneration for the "faithful". Thousands of suckers dutifully attended the circus event.

Why didnt you include C S Lewis in your list?

He certainly was not in any sense a practitioner of Spiritual Religion. And yet he is promoted as an "authority" on religion.

This remarkable essay explains how The Divine Radiance was eliminated from the European cultural landscape.