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>In most languages, "religion" will imply an ordered belief in a supernatural entity and set of accompanying practices

Buddhism is considered a religion and does not fit that description.

Your emphatic capslock notwithstanding, there's no single defining element. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion

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> Buddhism is considered a religion and does not fit that description.

That's a can of worms. A pretty big one, actually.

https://buddhism-controversy-blog.com/2015/05/27/why-did-the...

How so? Reincarnation is every bit as supernatural as Christian Heaven, and there are accompanying practices that are supposed to influence the outcome of that via karma.

I did not think impersonal entities were what the gp post was talking about; apologies if they were. But even including impersonal supernatural entities, the wikipedia page I cited shows that's not a defining characteristic.

It does not follow, from the claim that belief in supernatural entities is not a defining characteristic of religion, that the rejection of supernatural entities is a religion. You might be able to argue that they are orthogonal issues, but then a lot of religious people would disagree vehemently with you!

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