Who is in charge?

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Who is in charge?

What I have read many times is very true we each do associate sometimes-peculiar meanings to words that the normal person, the dictionary and the media use to mean something very different. For instance, if you lived in Texas and you told me you were cooking in a "spider" I would know you meant you were using a frying pan. It reminds me of the story of "Alice in Wonderland." Where Alice turned to Humpty Dumpty and asked him "...how can you make words mean so many different things?" And Humpty Dumpty replied..."When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less." "The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things."
"The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master - that's all."
Through the Looking Glass.

Is it possible the divisions may be (have been) caused more by politics than by religious beliefs?