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What is it? - Definitions of "Religion"  
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These are some definitions of the word "religion."

	"...no single definition will suffice to encompass the varied sets of traditions, practices, and ideas which constitute different religions."
	"Human recognition of superhuman controlling power and especially of a personal God entitled to obedience"
	"a cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith."
	"any specific system of belief and worship, often involving a code of ethics and a philosophy."
	The beliefs, attitudes, emotions, behavior, etc., constituting man's relationship with the powers and principles of the universe, especially with a deity or deities; also, any particular system of such beliefs, attitudes, etc.
	An essential part or a practical test of the spiritual life.
	An object of conscientious devotion or scrupulous care
	"An organized system of belief that generally seeks to understand purpose, meaning, goals, and methods of spiritual things. These spiritual things can be God, people in relation to God, salvation, after life, purpose of life, order of the cosmos, etc."
	"... a system of social coherence based on a common group of beliefs or attitudes concerning an object, person, unseen being, or system of thought considered to be supernatural, sacred, divine or highest truth, and the moral codes, practices, values, institutions, traditions, and rituals associated with such belief or system of thought."
	"A religion is a system of symbols which acts to establish powerful, pervasive, and long-lasting moods and motivations in men by formulating conceptions of a general order of existence and clothing these conceptions with such an aura of factuality that the moods and motivations seem uniquely realistic."
	"Religion is the individual and social experience of the sacred that is manifested in mythologies, ritual, ethos, and integrated into a collective or organization."
	"The sum total of answers we give to the problem of our relationship with the universe, we call religion."

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