Would you please give me your interpretation of "Spiritually Speaking" which is used quite often on R&S?

Question

There are many question that start "Spiritually speaking" what exactly does that mean to you, personally?

Answer 1

I use it to stop the reporting happy from killing a light silly question.

If I want to lighten the SPIRIT of everyone and not dogma people to death I say "Spiritually speaking" .

So far the R&S community sees that the Spirituality part of R&S is very important - which makes me happy to know.



Peace.

Answer 2

Spiritually speaking began as a joke about 8 years ago when the internet had less options and a person on a religious site wanted to ask questions outside their normal box, so began them with "spiritually speaking" as a sort of joke. Been there, done that.

Answer 3

When people say "spiritually speaking" it's usually a question that is not related to spirituality or religion and thusly can be removed by an admin if reported. But if they add "Spiritually Speaking" to it, they can ask anything, and be as retarded as they would like to be. Sad, but for the most part true. Not everyone uses it like that, but that's why it's become some sort of phenom on these forums anyways.

Answer 4

It means "This isn't actually an R&S question, but all my friends are in this section, so I'm going to act like it's spiritual by adding 'Spiritually speaking' to the beginning of the question."

Answer 5

Spiritually Speaking, I think they mean Spiritually speaking.

Answer 6

used as a prefix to questions which are not even remotely spiritual so they get posted here in r+s also,



i and some others use it as an answer or part of an answer to questions that dont belong here and dont contain the prefix

Answer 7

"Spiritually speaking", I prefer to post my questions to all here on R&S, even the athiests! As others have pointed out, the very cool, the very intellutual, and the really witty kitties all hang out here. ;) :) :) And to the Lord, all things are spiritual.

Answer 8

The R&S frequenters (myself included) don't particularly like wondering out of this section. That phrase legitimizes it so it satisfies the rules of Y!A about asking in the correct section.



Most people recognize each other here, and prefer their answers to ALL of Y!A.

Answer 9

Spiritually speaking, it is too religious for you to understand.

Answer 10

Well you know, while thinking spiritually.



For example: What is a rock?



Common answer: An agregate of minerals.



Spiritually speaking: A representation of strife, difficulty, harness. A burden one has to carry.

Answer 11

It's to make sure that you know they are expecting answers that take into account the spiritual aspects of whatever they are asking about.



Or it's just to tweak off religious people (which is a noble pursuit in and of itself).

Answer 12

Since the majority of the questions that start with "Spiritually Speaking" seem to be written by atheist who are doing nothing but Christian baiting, I would say that Spiritually Speaking is the equivalent of “Hey I think you're stupid, why don't you answer this question, that I already know how you're going to answer so I can get the false feeling of superiority it allows me"

Answer 13

It means techincally the question doesn't belong in R&S but is usually asked by a regular because R&S is where thier friends and contacts are. They don't want the question to get a violation.

Answer 14

I mostly just use it to put questions that are completely unrelated to spirituality in this section. Because face it, R&S is the best section EVAR!

Answer 15

Noticed the same phrase before, but I never bothered with trying to even care to understand it's meaning. I see it too much to even bother to care for a meaning. It's became old hat to me.

Answer 16

It means they're trying to avoid provoking the violation notice gods.

Answer 17

Though there are disagreements as to why this is done (see other posters), what we all agree on is this: these words, in this context, don't really mean anything at all.

Answer 18

It's a way to force a square question in the triangle hole.

Answer 19

Spritually speaking, I think that people who start out their questions that way don't know what the heck they are talking about.

Answer 20

It is a simple means to satisfy the Yamster.

Answer 21

it's a way to make the question relevant to this section and thus avoid getting deleted for "wrong section".

Answer 22

"This question really has NOTHING to do with R&S, but we'll put it in this category anyways, just because we like this place so damn much."



Usually, at least. And hey.. That's fair enough, I'm all for it! ;-)

Answer 23

I think it is an inside joke between the Atheists.

Answer 24

"I am a man. This miracle of me is mine to own and keep, and mine to guard, and mine to use, and mine to kneel before!"

Ayn Rand



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