I think these correlations are based upon people believing in organised religious groups JustATourist, not based on actual spirituality. It's plainly obvious for many people including myself, that generally, written versions of what "God" is fall into the fairy tale category and the majority of religious people are not actually spiritual at all. Just members of the "God Club". (please excuse me religious Nexians, I'm talking generalities and personal opinion here)

When I compare myself, childhood religious brainwashing stage, to now,  I am far more spiritual. Despite this I wouldn't qualify in statistical criteria and I fear I would be called atheist rather than agnostic (which I'm not either). There isn't even a statistical category or term for people who have self defined spiritual understanding. Who can coin a term for this?

If animals are able to define their own spiritual existence through their understanding would there be a term for that? Spirit creatures? Would that make those among us who don't go in the defined, man made, boxes also spirit creatures?