Many moons ago I wrote a post about the evolving definition of the word
“
religion”. When I was a teen it was common to hear that “Christianity is not a religion,
it’s a relationship.” By the strictest definition of the day this was probably
true, and it was a distinction worth making.
Today, however, the popular usage of “religion” (and the dictionary definition with it) has broadened sufficiently that this is no longer the case, and
anyone who insists upon repeating that old saw is not just pedantic but
factually incorrect.
The point that among religions Christianity is uniquely relationship-based remains worth making, but the stark contrast between religion and not-religion no longer exists. You can have your religion more or less relationship-free if that’s your thing.
Not that it’s likely to do you much good.