Spirituality and religion

I am always interested in knowing the difference between spirituality and religion. Many questions can be raised concerning this topic: How much are religion and spirituality linked together? Can we really draw the exact and neat differences between both? Why do some of us feel more spiritual or religious than others? Why we believe and what we believe? Obviously these questions can’t have straight forward answers. People’s opinions vary in that regard.

Spirituality and religion are so much involved in the bioethics world. In fact, the majority of the patients lying in the bed would turn to God and ask so many questions. That’s why they are starting to teach some spirituality courses to the medical students so they can be aware of some questions the patients might ask. It’s so important to be able to answer some of their questions because this would help them resting in peace and probably improving their medical status. The religious and spiritual experiences are topics of fascination for people around the world. It’s a hint at a person’s intense connection with God. Most people would agree the experience of faith is immeasurable. Thus, the debate in such topic is endless and everyone would approach it in different ways and thoughts.
Finally, some quotes caught my attention and would really help getting to a point where we can have a decent amount of understanding religion and spirituality: “When we think of religious and spiritual beliefs and practices, we see tremendous similarity across practices and across traditions.” , “The frontal lobe, the area right behind our foreheads, helps us focus our attention in prayer and meditation.”