Ones natural or supernatural bias, preconception,
assumption or opinion of, concerning, or pertaining to the cause, nature, and purpose of
a. the universe
b. Life
c. Spirit
d. Morality (ethics)
e. humanity
f.
relationships
g. economic stablity
h. ecologic stablity
i. Freedom
j. government
k. education (wisdom)
l. Death
m. after-life
n. the natural world (universe)
o. the supernatural world (universe)
ergo, a system of (beliefs, ideas, doctrine, orthodoxy, or dagma) that is not based on, but rather is used to interprete or explain, the observable data around us.
i.e. religion is a bias, preconception,
assumption, or opinion that dictates how we interprete the physical and or metaphysical universe.
Science, as defined as 'the search for truth' is not a religion; science as defined as 'the search for naturalistic causes' is a religion as it assumes that there can only be a 'natural cause' for
everything.
Naturalism, the idea or belief (assuption) that
everything has a natural origin (cause), is the secound oldest religion.