I'm sorry, I didn't realize that you needed monosyllabic answers.
YES.
And point of fact, everyone makes up their own definitions. We do it constantly, based on observation. In fact, only religious FOLLOWERS seem to refuse to make up their own definitions, because they blindly swallow the definitions that someone else invented for them! If the Pope decides to redefine a thousand years of dogma (Vatican II, anyone?), a billion Catholics are technically supposed to follow that blindly. If a megachurch pastor decides to decree that God spoke to him and told him The Way It Is, then his "flock" (how appropriate) will swallow it whole. A Muslim Imam tells women they need to cover themselves head-to-toe, or it's their fault if they get raped, and people believe that shit! How... interesting.
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YES.
And point of fact, everyone makes up their own definitions. We do it constantly, based on observation. In fact, only religious FOLLOWERS seem to refuse to make up their own definitions, because they blindly swallow the definitions that someone else invented for them! If the Pope decides to redefine a thousand years of dogma (Vatican II, anyone?), a billion Catholics are technically supposed to follow that blindly. If a megachurch pastor decides to decree that God spoke to him and told him The Way It Is, then his "flock" (how appropriate) will swallow it whole. A Muslim Imam tells women they need to cover themselves head-to-toe, or it's their fault if they get raped, and people believe that shit! How... interesting.