What is religion?

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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

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

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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.

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