DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING RELIGIOUS, SPIRITUAL AND A SPIRITUALIST
Religion is a system to follow divine laws. Divine laws are universal laws that are given to mankind from time to time from the heavens to follow on earth. Through religion we create methods to follow these laws in an organized way. Different religious organizations have different ways of following these given divine laws - e.g. Christianity, Islam, Hinduism..., are all religions making people follow the divine laws in their individually organized way. A person accepting and following any of such organized methods is a religious person. This religious person accepts and tries to do as much as this person can to follow the path that is thus shown. This person would be very aware of what the society would think if he did not follow them in the way his religion teaches. He may or may not have the full understanding in the existence of God, but he will practice the teachings that have been laid out in the religion. This person emphasizes more on the practices of the religion such as rites and rituals, rather than emphasizing on actually following the divine laws.
In contrast to the religious person, a spiritual person emphasizes more on following the divine laws, rather than the rituals of an organized religion. This person is concerned more with the existence of the spirits, God being the most powerful of all the spirits. This person will try to be in tune with their spirit guides and will involve themselves more in the understanding of what lies in the Spirit World and in God's domain. A spiritual person acknowledges that there are spirits and will try and gain the understanding of what the spirit is and the working of the Spirit World.
A spiritualist is the one who can actually perceive the spirits and has the ability to be in touch with them. This appears to sound like witchcraft but is not so because there can be two kinds of spiritualists. Those who communicate only with the good spirits of the good Spirit World, and the others who communicate with the evil Spirit World. Those who perceive and communicate with the good Spirit World are good spiritualists and those who communicate with the evil Spirit World are those who practice witchcraft. Good spiritualists concern themselves much less with religion and are more inclined to be guided by the good spirits of the good Spirit World. These people would find it very easy to accept the existence of God and His team, and also they would be more inclined to accept God's existence and would show more interest to follow divine laws directly with the help of the good Spirit World, rather than through religion. They would respect and study all the religions, and would not be much inclined to follow any particular organized one in a staunch way.