List of religious slurs

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The list or religious slurs enumerates pejorative terms for people based on their religion.

Bible thumper: (U.S.) derogatory term used to describe a Protestant, particularly one from a Pentecostal or fundamentalist denomination who believes in the fundamentalist authority of the Bible, also commonly used universally against Christians.
Holy Roller: (U.S.) ritualistic Protestants prone to shaking (Shakers), quaking (Quakers), rolling on the floor, suffering from fits or "speaking in tongues" (Pentecostals during worship or prayer). However this term is applied to some Evangelical Protestants, usually Baptists, who are not only vocal about their own religious views, but are critical of other Christians not meeting their standards. Similar to Bible Thumper.
Irvingite: a member of the Catholic Apostolic Church — often taken to be offensive [Edward Irving died 1834 Scottish clergyman + -ite]^[1]
Jack Mormon: (Western U.S.) a. a non-faithful LDS person, b. a non-Mormon.^[2]
Kike: (Anglophone countries) a Jewish person. See article for origins. (Jews are often considered to be adherents of a religion as well as members of a people; thus, this antisemitic slur also belongs in the religion category.)
Left-footer: (Northern Ireland) (West of Scotland) Catholic (Northern Ireland)^[3] Used by Protestants to describe Catholics or a supporter of Celtic F.C.. From the myth in Glasgow that Irish Catholic labourers pushed spades into the ground their left foot and kicked footballs with the left foot.
Lion Food: Comes from back in Roman times when Christians supposedly would be thrown into lion cages.
Marrano: (Spain) a Jewish convert to Christianity, usually for social and not spiritual reasons; derives from the Inquisition; today, can be used to describe a Jew who marries a Catholic. Can also be called a Converso. (It is also a Latin American Spanish slang synonym for "dirty pig" or swine.)^[4]
Orangie / orangey: (Ireland/UK) a derogatory term for pro-British Ulster Protestants. [referring to supporters of the Orange Order]^[5]
Papist / papish / paypish / popish: (Northern Ireland and Scottish Protestants) a Roman Catholic person — usually Irish Catholic.^[6]
Proddy, proddy dog: (AUS Catholics (particularly school kids)) term for Protestants, particularly rival kids from Protestant schools. "Proddywhoddy" and "proddywoddy" are used in children's school rhymes in Cork.^[7]
Russellite: one of the Jehovah's Witnesses (Charles Taze Russell died 1916 American religious leader + -ite)^[8]
Taig / teig / teague / teg: a. (Northern Ireland Protestants) a Catholic, from Tadhg, Irish for Timothy. Comparable to "nigger". b. (England) obsolete: an Irishman.^[9]
Towelhead: (U.S.) anyone who wears a head turban. Derisively applied toward Middle Easterners, Muslims and Sikhs.^[10] Australia, wearers of religious headdress, particularly Sikhs.
Fundy: (U.S.) a religious fundamentalist, especially referring to creationists and those claiming the words of their chosen holy text are completely true at face value.