adj. When one surrounds him/herself exclusively with those of similar religious beliefs to the extent that he/she begins to confuse baseless faith with proven knowledge.
The pastor leads such a hermetitheistic life that it's almost impossible for his new neighbor to to make smalltalk with him.
n 1: a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church syn: misbeliever, religious outcast 2: a person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field (not merely religion)
One of the most uncommon and hard to pronounce last names ever invented. (hard to pronounce for complete retards) Anyone with this last name is doomed to a lifetime of having their last name mispronounced when taking attendance because the earth is made up of mostly retarded people.
Invented with the creation and spread of Christianity, a heretic (in the middle-ages) is every one who did not accept or questioned the Catholic church or its laws. Unlike what the Church spread, Heretics were rarely Satanists or non-believers.
In fact, in many cases, they had a stronger and more realist belief in God than that of the Church followers. It is just that the Heretics believed the Church's ways were wrong and corrupted, and that is why they followed their own way.
Many great people through history were Heretics, and they were punished and executed by the Church.
A medieval torture device which consisted of a two-sided fork which would be strapped to the victims neck so that any movement of the jaw caused extreme pain.
The victim was then forced to say the word "abiuro" which is latin for "I recant" or else they were hung or burned at the stake.