Reply #7: Well, by my definition which I had not shared before posting, a [View All]

[RaleighNCDUer]

religionist is a person who believes in religion - not necessarily the same as believing in God. They are the rigid, authoritarian "my religion, right or wrong" types who generally know little about spirituality and the tenets of their religion, only about structure and the fact that the other guy is the 'other'.

That's why I said 'religionist' rather than 'theist'. I would think the vast majority of DU believers would be theists rather than religionists.

Of course, you had no way of knowing that from my post.

Edit: to clarify, liberal christians would be theists, while hateful fundies are generally religionists.