Hmm...

[flyhawtie]

Main Entry: re·li·gion
Pronunciation: ri-'li-j&n
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English religioun, from Latin religion-, religio supernatural constraint, sanction, religious practice, perhaps from religare to restrain, tie back -- more at RELY
1 a : the state of a religious b (1) : the service and worship of God or the supernatural (2) :

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[mylai]

religion is just a cult in masses. duh.
it's all about epistemology.

[lilimid]

It's funny you posted this. . . . I just wrote a paper about the word 'religion', that is, how the Latin etymology is a contradiction to its colloquial connotation. That is, it implies 'binding' or a 're-visiting' through dennotation, yet, in mainstream thought, it is implied that through religion one is 'liberated' from the torments of a finite and empty existence. Are you free when you are bound to something?