I would say a religious belief is the belief that one's spiritual claims are based on reality. If the argument for or against a law is based on logic and evidence, it's not based on religion, even if a religion would agree with the conclusion of the logical/empirical argument.
If the purpose of a new stop sign is to prevent traffic accidents and you can produce empirical findings that support that it will or won't, the purpose of the stop sign isn't religious. If you think every third crossroad should be a four-way stop because 3+4=7, a holy number in the eyes of Marduk, the stop sign is religious if that is the 'argument' that prevails.
If the purpose of a new stop sign is to prevent traffic accidents and you can produce empirical findings that support that it will or won't, the purpose of the stop sign isn't religious. If you think every third crossroad should be a four-way stop because 3+4=7, a holy number in the eyes of Marduk, the stop sign is religious if that is the 'argument' that prevails.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
