Quote Originally Posted by TuffStuffMcGruff
but i thought that we were no longer talking about re-interpretation

i thought that we were talking about abandonement of the faith

when does something cross the border from being one thing to being another

i thought that pindar said that one who did not believe in the 5 pillars was not a muslim
so that one who does not believe in 1 God hasnt even met the basic requirement of judaism
Turn it around. If you believe in 1 God, does that make you a jew ?

The reality is that most people that enter a religion do that by birth and nothing else. Because you make an assumption that all people that belong to a certain religion believe in their specific God, don't make them actually believe in the same God.
Religion as well as most other old traditions, are based on an ancient reference base and is no longer relevant. Fundamentalists disagree with this, while the reformed and more objective members of the religion agree with it.
It is not a valid view to assume that every member of a religion is "religious".