> Religion is the 'foundational philosophy concerning nature of who we are' that transcends most other subjects - i.e. it's metaphysics at it's core. Not at al

> Religion is the 'foundational philosophy concerning nature of who we are' that transcends most other subjects - i.e. it's metaphysics at it's core. Not at all. Religion is simply a set of practices and beliefs. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/religion https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/religion I'm sure some practitioners have developed a philosophical understanding of it just as you can do with anything in life. > You're conflating 'people who say they are hardcore believers in XYZ' with necessarily 'very religious' people. It's the other way around. 'Very religious' people are 'hardcore believers'. I suspect the root of blind belief is the same in both cases though. Most likely biological in nature. In case it's not clear, I'm not saying religion is inherently bad, and I don't think religious people are completely irrational. What I'm saying is that religious belief is indeed irrational and fanaticism is bad (religious or not).