Should Religion Be Considered A Religion?

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Religion is belief system, that involves ceremonies and rules used to worship a god or gods. In my opinion to be considered a religion, it must have a higher power image that people can look up to and feel comfort by. Religion must have set of rules and expectations of what proper behavior and lifestyle a person should live by. Since supernatural is so often in religions , I believe that there should be interaction and communication, For example, prayers and meditation. Religions should have a purpose, are they supposed to serve the gods or are gods exist to help them along. Also I believe that , there should be stories and myth that express the religion belief and gives proof of the higher power. Religion should be shared with a community

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