Any elevation of religion or spirituality in the public sphere should be utterly rejected.

In private life it is a completely story entirely.

So the only legitimate world view for public policy is the scientific materialist world view.

That does not mean other world views are illegitimate – it simply means they should be confined to the private domain – indeed that is what spirituality is – its finding your own path, not a path compelled by public policy.

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/05/31/317442320/unmasking-the-meaning-and-marital-disputes-behind-mumbo-jumbo

It appears to be one and the same Mark. To be fair to Plunkett, I doubt he would have the slightest piece of intellect to correlate where the term came from, as he’s not exactly the wordsmith, just a mouthpiece for the right wing agenda.

Thanks for your take on it Mark. Interesting to see how others feel about the comment, rather than yours being a definitive answer.

That’s hardly racist. People say that about religion and spiritual stuff all the time.’
Damn Right Mark!
I say it about ‘Socialism with Chinese Characteristics’ . You know – that stuff dreamed up by the Chinese Communist Party.

That’s hardly racist. People say that about religion and spiritual stuff all the time.