It's completely irrelevant to whether they are religious by definition or not. You can't escape the dictionary no matter how unattractive you find the 'politics' of the matter.
If there is a person who deliberately goes around murdering people and yet claim they're not a murderer then tough cookies - even if no one but themselves knew they were murdering people.... this is all irrelevant to the obvious fact that they would by definition be a murderer.
So if you're religious by definition then you are, by definition. Doesn't matter whether you like the term or not - words mean things.
EvF
If there is a person who deliberately goes around murdering people and yet claim they're not a murderer then tough cookies - even if no one but themselves knew they were murdering people.... this is all irrelevant to the obvious fact that they would by definition be a murderer.
So if you're religious by definition then you are, by definition. Doesn't matter whether you like the term or not - words mean things.
EvF