Originally Posted by cyrnel

"It's a matter of degree. Dictionaries define "belief" & "religion" such that you could twist either for argument's sake."

"If I steadfastly worship my cornflakes as the all powerful creator I'm certainly practicing a religion, insane or otherwise."
"I'm not equating Santa or cornflakes to Christianity or any other religion, I'm just trying to explain my thoughts on the degrees of difference (levels of preoccupation?) implied by the words "belief" and "religion."

"Certainly, anything may be practiced to the point of religion if a person's devotion to the cause crosses some gray line inside themselves. Only they really know their position. The rest is semantics."