re: #4 Racer X

I keep trying to wrap my head around this one.

Is Islam truly a “religion”? By what definition?

Islam, to me, appears to be way more than simply a religion. It is a culture; it is a form of government; it is a form of social justice.

Spirituality? Not so much. It seems more about control and power. Kinda like the mafia.

My vote? Not a religion.

Was the pre-Reformation Church a religion? By your definition, no. By your definition, I’m not sure ‘religion’ existed before the seventeenth century, and then only in a proto-form.