What is religion?

'Religion' should all be able to tie into one we shall no longer fight over power
i found my religion- still without a name- by comparing religions through and through
the truth will come shortly.

Answer

Religion is the adherence to codified beliefs and rituals that generally involve a faith in a spiritual nature and a study of inherited ancestral traditions, knowledge and wisdom related to understanding human life. The term "religion" refers to both the personal practices related to faith as well as to the larger shared systems of belief. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion

Answer

Generally, religion is an organized, formal system of belief in God, usually associated with payment to a religious leader of the organization.

It has been said

that religion is the cultural phenomenon caused by tales of a real personal relationship with the true God, that can be traced by to the first true relationship between a man and His God.

Religion is a term given to a spirituality that has core beliefs, that are represented in ritual, that are recorded in sacred texts, that answer the fundamental questions of the human condition.

Relgion is :

religion is simply a way of controlling large amounts of people. religion is all about power, religion is suppose to bring peace and unity to the world but it only brings the exsact opposite. terrorism is caused because one religion does not agree with the ways of another religion. the war that is currently going on in irac is all to do with disagreements and greed. our goverment/religions/politics dont agree with there goverment/religions/politics so they go over there and take our peoples lives simply because of tony blair and gearge brown. oh and god forbidd george bush. as if he doesnt want all the oil and stuff. if religion has nothing to do with war and violence then what does eh. religion is pathetic.

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