Quote from: popcorn1 on September 16, 2015, 03:52:37 AM

SEE THIS IS THE PROBLEM READ WHAT YOU POSTED...

That is not the root of the word. Of course I didnt give you a googled answer and its not what you will find on dictionary.com or some other site with an agenda. It is what it means broken down not what we have come to make it mean.

so if humans have not made the word religious up who made the word religious aliens god who done this..
because according to you we don.t even know what it means

"Re" = Again
"Lig" or "Ligio" = Join or Connect

The word religion suggests the joining of our natural, human world to the sacred world.

So extend on what I posted further.

In classical Latin, the term religio meant awe for the gods and concern for proper ritual. We must recognize, though, that the term religion arose in Western culture and may not be entirely appropriate when applied across cultures; spiritual path, for example, might be a more fitting designation to refer to other religious systems.

Traditional dictionary definitions of religion read something like this: A system of belief that involves worship of God or gods, prayer, ritual, and a moral code. But there are so many exceptions to that definition that it is neither comprehensive nor accurate. So instead of saying that a religion must have certain characteristics, it is now thought more useful to list a series of characteristics that are found in what are commonly accepted as religions. We may accept as a religion whatever manifests a reasonable number of the following characteristics.

Belief system: Several beliefs fit together into a fairly complete and systematic interpretation of the universe and the human beings place in it; this is also called a world view.

Community: The belief system is shared, and its ideals are practiced by a group.

Ethics: Rules about human behavior are established, often having been revealed from a supernatural realm, but they can also be viewed as socially generated guidelines.

Characteristic emotion: Among the emotions typically associated with religions are dread, guilt, awe, mystery, devotion, liberation, ecstasy, inner peace, and bliss.

Ritual: Beliefs are enacted and made real through ceremonies, ritual objects, and specialized locations and buildings.

Sacredness: A distinction is made between the sacred and the ordinary; ceremonies often emphasize the differentiation between the sacred and the ordinary through the deliberate use of different language, clothing, and architecture. Certain objects, actions, people, and places may share in the sacredness or express it.

This really is Comparative Religions 101. Please do understand that I am not saying you are wrong in what you believe as I myself do not have a directed belief. But when it comes to things that are fact, such as meanings of words that have been documented and studied for hundreds of years then we can dig down and get a bit deeper.