religion

Depending who you talk to, a root of a great deal of evil or a great deal of good. Often seen as "the biggest unnatural cause of death in history" though more often than not is only used as an excuse for wars that are actually about other things - such as resources, territory, or pre-existing ethnic differences or political grievances.. unfortunately the majority are judged by the fact that the minority that twist it for their own purposes happen to be in positions of power. A definition would be a set of beliefs and/or practices that a follower of the religion adheres to, and sees as "truths". Common to most religions is the "Golden Rule" - do to others what you'd have done to yourself - unfortunately, not many "religious" people practice it

Israel/Palestine, Northern Ireland, Iraq, the majority of conflicts since the Crusades - Wars perceived as being for "religious" reasons when the truth is very different, the two sides just happen to be of different religions.

The Crusades - wars fought misguidedly for "Religious" reasons.

by Ed1986 January 15, 2006

get religion

to change up ways and policy as if having had an epiphany, often hypocritically

Lost a good f*ck buddy because she wanna get religion out of nowhere for the new year, knowing damn well I just got brain and the whole shot from her the month before!

Britney Spears got religion when her father took over her affairs.

by Kuahmel January 23, 2009

Religionism

Discrimination or hatred against people worshiping other religions than one's own. A word similar to "racism", but for religions.

Stop religionism and racism.

by EpicRawl February 16, 2017

Religion Zoned

Where the boy/girl comes back from something religious, such as a retreat or a lock in and rejects you.

Religion Zoned - "I know I said I wanted to be more than friends... But I thought about the relationship while I was gone, and I feel like it's unholy.
Maybe you should come to church sometimes!"

by pseudonymnamepseudonym September 7, 2013

Religionable

To make something your own religion/To be spiritually enabled by anything that possess the values and qualities of a religion.

"Whoaaa man! Star Wars is like totally religionable"

by Mingling Diggerma March 29, 2016

Religion Baiting

Where a large Youtube creator that has between 10k-7m subs would be using religion, to bait children into subscribing or liking his/her content, Which is very similar to Clickbaiting. They usually try to make a video where they have a character that is dressed up as a stereotypical Roblox slender, Then a Stereotypical Nun/Muslim. During the end of the video, large font saying " Like and subscribe if you love (insert Religion here)! " Is placed, and this either happens in Youtube shorts, or Tiktok.

"Yo! Have you seen the new Religion Baiting Youtuber? She's so cringe!"

by roblox6969669 August 23, 2023

Morganized Religion

When someone's spiritual beliefs have been shaped by Morgan Freeman's portrayal of God as a really nice guy in a white suit.
Refer to movies such as Bruce Almighty, Evan Almighty, etc. Whereas, judging by all the sh*t that happens, he's more like Loki in the Avengers.

Oh, that happy clappy chick's got a severe dose of Morganized Religion.

by tuck1s December 6, 2015