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If people of religious faith are not inherently followers (and I'm not knocking being a follower of something), then what are they? I am not asking out of a desire to be argumentative, I really want to know. It has always seemed to me that being of a religious faith is synonymous with following some religious teaching. If I am mistaken, could someone please set me straight?

I think she probably just didn't express what she meant properly.
I took it to mean that there are those who claim to be believers, but don't really follow the religion strictly. The "lukewarm" Christians mentioned in the Bible book of The Revelation - those who pay lip service and go through the motions, but aren't fully immersed.

I'm sure all religions have their lukewarm followers.

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Maybe she meant "followers" as in mindless sheep.

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