Reply #30: This is my problem with the term "religious fervor" [View All]

[Pacifist Patriot]

Religion encompasses an incredibly wide range of beliefs and practices. Someone can be deeply religious without having an ounce of agreement with the ultra-conservative Christian agenda associated with the current administration.

"She's a religious person." has come to be synonymous with fundamentalist movements in major world religions and it's not at all. Ah, the limitations of a dynamic language.

I consider myself to be both a free thinker and deeply religious. My spiritual beliefs continue to evolve the more I explore and learn. My rationalism and my religious beliefs are what help me make logical and compassionate decisions. I don't think the two are incompatible. It's when people see reason and religion as being mutually exclusive that we run into problems with decision making and/or communication.

I'm not picking on you. I just wish everyone in general was more precise with their language. The ultra-conservative Christian movement in this country has put a bad taste in many people's mouths whenever the word "religion" is invoked.