One of the most often misspelled religion-oriented words in English is "sacrilegious."

[MineralMan]

People most often misspell it as "sacreligious," thinking it is based on the word religious. They rarely spell it correctly, and are often surprised when their spell-checker flags their spelling as incorrect.

That's because they don't understand the origins or etymology of the word, which really means "stealing sacred things," "misusing sacred things," or "showing disrespect for sacred things." Sacrilegious comes from two Latin words, sacer and lego, which translate to the English words, sacred and steal.

So, when I say something you think is disrespectful to religion, or make a joke about religion, please spell your insult correctly. I am being sacrilegious, not sacreligious. There is no "religious" in sacrilegious.

[MineralMan]

3. Thanks for yet another egregious insult.

Why do you bother with doing that, I wonder?

[MineralMan]

5. Wasn't my alert, BTW.

I never alert on replies to my posts.

[Major Nikon]

2. Lots of pejoratives exist for those who offer dissenting views from those of religionists

None when it goes the other way. Very telling that.

[MineralMan]

4. Perhaps it's oversensitiveness to criticism.

Is that comment heresy or just impiety?

[Major Nikon]

8. Privilege is maintained by stamping out all dissent

When your perspective is the default, it will remain so as long as you can convince others dissent is unreasonable.

[MineralMan]

9. Yes. Exactly.

[Igel]

10. Does that apply to things like

de-platforming?

[Major Nikon]

11. It can, but that's not just limited to religion

[eppur_se_muova]

6. Steal this block ?

[MineralMan]

7. LOL!

Well, it is a sacred symbol for toy manufacturers. That little block that costs almost nothing to make has generated billions in profits.

It's sort of like the humble, inexpensive communion wafer, which has enormous meaning to some.

[marylandblue]

12. There is no "I" in sacer or lego, so English spelling still makes no sense