Religion is distinguished from personal beliefs in that:
a. It is dogmatic (is closed-minded)
b. It is political (exploits belief to control people)
c. It is statist (prioritizes the collective over the individual)
d. It is dualistic (believes in black/white conceptions of morality), making religion inherently intolerant.
e. It is hierarchical (views God/the church/etc. as structured in a hierarchy of power, the authority of a member of the given religion being determined by their position in the proverbial pyramid).
While the word "religion" can be applied to virtually anything, all recognized world religions contain all of the above characteristics, and IMO, all of the above characteristics are ultimately hateful in nature.
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