but everone speaks from their own perspective and doesn't qualify every word or label they slap on someone with the precursor, "by definition you are...." If a theist called me religious I would interpret his connotation differently than when an atheist does it. But yes, agreed by definition religious participate in religions.
"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari
