# What's the deal with the declaration, "Christianity isn't a religion, it's a relationship"

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**Created:** [February 6, 2015, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-the-declaration-christianity-isnt-a-religion-its-a-relationship/712009 "2015-02-06T22:07:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-the-declaration-christianity-isnt-a-religion-its-a-relationship/712009/2 "2015-02-06T22:22:35Z")

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> [@F.U.Shakespeare](#):
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> Is it an oblique attempt to discredit other religions by implying that their deities aren’t real?
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> A cheap debating tactic designed to distract from the argument at hand?

Why can’t it be both, like… ::::d+r:::: Actually, I haven’t heard very many people use this line of thinking, perhaps once or twice ever. Have you asked them for examples of what they think _is_ a religion, not a relationship? I’m sure, like you say, there are many religions where a relationship between the worshipper and the godhead is important (while there are probably also ones where it is not. ETA: for example, religions where the entities are taken as symbols or archetypes rather than beings.)

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