religious socialist

Someone who mixes up the lyrics of 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic' with the IWW anthem

"For the Union makes us strong! Glory, Glory, hallelujah- Damn it!"
"Religious Socialists"

by AASoutherner March 23, 2021

Religiously aligned sexual preference

Aka. R.A.S.P.; When an individual is only sexually attracted to people who practice same religion as them

Janice is a devout Catholic and she is only sexually attracted to people who also actively practice Catholicism. She has a religiously aligned sexual preference.

by Vanguard 1998 April 5, 2021

Religiously open romantic preference

Aka. R.O.R.P.; When an individual is romantically attracted to people regardless of what religion they practice

Santiago actively practices Islam, but he is open to dating people who practice other religions. He has a religiously open romantic preference.

by Vanguard 1998 April 10, 2021

Religiously aligned romantic preference

Aka. R.A.R.P.; When an individual is only romantically attracted to people who practice same religion as them

Chelsea is an active parishioner of the Falun Gong faith and she is only interested in dating people who practice Falun Gong. She has a religiously aligned romantic preference.

by Vanguard 1998 April 10, 2021

Religious normalization

The processes by which society establishes new norms, expectations, and standards, and in some cases existing norms and standards are replaced, in regards to what is and is not acceptable in religious settings. These processes happen in various settings including schools, colleges, businesses, churches, news channels, state governments, federal governments, and homes. These processes can greatly impact how people think, act, and behave in various religious situations.

Yuliana: I wish more religions would be more supportive of giving women equal rights and protections.
Winston: Regrettably that may take a while to occur, the amount of time in which religious normalization occurs in many religions is relatively slow. It could take many years for those types of changes to happen, but the process might be accelerated if more national governments gave women equal rights to men, which would help pressure them into doing it.
Yuliana: I just wish it would happen faster.
Winston: We can always hope that some day more religions will be more supportive of women’s right.
Yuliana: I agree. Hopefully some day more of them will.

by Vanguard 1998 May 1, 2021

Religiously homeless

An expression used to refer to either
1: an individual who does not belong to any particular faith
2: an individual who belongs to a certain type of faith that has multiple subgroups in it, like Christianity, but is not currently committed to attending services from any particular church ran by a specific faith

Danny is religiously homeless for while he identifies as being a Hindu, but is not currently attending any temple ran by any of the specific religious groups that are part of that faith.

by Vanguard 1998 July 1, 2021

Religiously extinct

A: When an individual or group ceases all religious activity and never becomes actively involved in a religion again
B: A situation where a particular religion or religious sect has so little support that it is seldom mentioned or discussed in conversations; regardless of whether those interactions are held in public or in private

An example of a religion that is religiously extinct is the religion practiced by the ancient Egyptians.

by Vanguard 1998 July 4, 2021