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Religion is a form of worship which includes a system of religious attitudes, beliefs and practices; these may be personal, or they may be located by an organisation. Usually religion involves belief in God or a uber of gods; or it treats humans, objects, desires, or forces as objects of worship. Much religion is based on human study of nature; there is also revealed religion. There is true religion and false religion.
Most religions do teach that a person should not lie or steal, and so forth.
Most religions have produced bad fruitage. It is not the fact that groups are organised that is bad. But many have promoted forms of worship that are based on false teachings and are largely ritualistic instead of providing genuine spiritual guidance; they have been misused to control the lives of people for selfish objectives; they have been overly concerned with money collections and ornate houses of worship instead of spiritual values; their members are often hypocritical. Obviously no one who loves righteousness would want to belong to such an organisation.
but true religion is a refreshing contrast to all of that. Nevertheless, to fulfil the Bible's requirements, it must be organised,
A religion is an organized system of a belief in a God. It has a scripture, a written document, it has rituals and superstitions, it is a kindergarten that teaches us the ABC of God, it teaches us to accept the existence of a God, to believe in a God, with faith and hope, to trust God. The job of religion is to help us to live an ethical and moral life so that we are blessed by the power of the Creator of this universe. Unfortunately, religions do not achieve the ultimate objective of God-realization. That's what their goal is, to help us realize God. But they make us sink in the dogmas and rituals and we lose sight of God.