There is no general accepted definition of the term "religion".[1] When I write my personal definition here, then I do not intend in any way to claim this definition to be scientifical correct or general acceptable. It's only what I am thinking of, when using the term.
So my Definition:
Religion is the sensation of a human to be dependent of an external power that controls his life. This way the human neglects responsibility for those parts of his life that he believes to be controlled by this external power and delegates this responsability. Examples for religions are:
- believe in dependency of cars (western world)
- believe in dependency of a coming messias (judaism)
- believe in dependency of a destiny (islam)
- many aspects of christian culture
A counter example of religion is the statement "God became human", which I believe to be the basis messages of a human called Jesus Christ.
[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion#Definitions_of_religion
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