Post by Arlon10 on Aug 31, 2019 19:25:34 GMT
It doesn't matter what you call it. You may call Christianity a "religion" if you like.
There are many and varied definitions of religion.
The point is that they are substantially different from every other religion, and curiously compare more to atheists. That is the point that matters.
Dictionaries contain labels, not facts. The labels fit or they don't fit according to most recent facts. You may not deny or affirm any fact based on a definition. Being true "by definition" means nothing. You are obviously not able to understand these things and thus meaningful communication with you is impossible.
The facts are that people who identify as Christians have higher divorce rates, earn less income, and are less educated than other "religions." This might well be because so many "Christians" have no moral code and fear no god while all the other "religions" fear a god and have a moral code and follow it.
A person who is not mentally retarded as you are can readily see that Christians, or large numbers of them anyway, are different from "other" religious people and for obvious reasons.
You are trying to use some dictionary definition of religion to prove that "religious" people have higher divorce rates. earn less income, and are less educated. Dictionaries only provide labels, not facts. In your case the label does not fit the facts. Yet in your abject confusion and misunderstanding you believe you can fit the facts to the definition rather than the definition to the facts.