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Originally posted by Kataphraktoi
In a super nationalist state(fascism) the state itself could be the universe. That makes no sense. There's a certain ideal of what a state is and what it does or how it works in fascism (as there are other ideals about a state with a democratic constitution etc.), but that does not make for a religion. You watered down the def so much that nearly everything with some rules and beliefs can be a religion, which makes such a def worthless, since it doesn't allow a clear distinction between different phenomena anymore. If your def includes everything you don't need it.