> because the religion is not defined by what it originally was or should be, but by how it's actually practiced by people who self-identify as its followers an

> because the religion is not defined by what it originally was or should be, but by how it's actually practiced by people who self-identify as its followers and who are conventionally identified as such by everybody else. How Terrifying. Edit (let me explain): This comes across as a very democratic way to describe something that is predominantly undemocratic.