The church submitted evidence demonstrating it routinely gave such explanations to the congregation and that it had a religious purpose in doing so.

Religious images cover a wider range of all types of images made with a religious purpose, subject, or connection.

In many communities churches are required to obtain a special use permit in order to purchase and use property for religious purposes.

Both animals and human cultures occasionally consume soil for medicinal, recreational, or religious purposes.

Totems of local animals were carved for luck or religious purposes as well as hunting decoys.