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I tend to define religion as a system of organized beliefs involving in part some beliefs regarding a supernatural or non-natural realm. I like this definition because it excludes 'spiritualisms' which are not organized systems of beliefs, but I'm not sure about the second part of the definition. I want to exclude philosophies that aren't really religions, but I'm not sure that there aren't some systems of belief that don't have some right to be called a religion, but don't involve the supernatural, like some forms of marxism, for example.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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