OK, LH, fine. But you are using the word in a non- standard way, so now we need another word for the Southern Baptists and Islamic fundamentalists. What's your suggestion?

Words that get used in 'good cop, bad cop' bait-and-switch ways:

'morality': are you using it to (1) set down arbitrary rules derived from some politically modern take on an ancient document or (2) talking about how people should behave to make it easiest and safest for us to live together?

'religion': do you mean a personal search for meaning or a social norm that others must follow willy- nilly?

'spirit': do you mean the human feeling of existence, or a non-material object which has certain non- detectable properties, but you know is there?

'peace': do you mean mutual respect and tolerance or my side winning?

'patriotism': what's best for the people of your country or big talk and flag worship?

The list goes on....