if something a) has dogmatic foundations against which all other claims must be measured b) makes moral prescriptions it's a religion
There are a non-trivial set of beliefs that any honest person will arrive at that are religious in nature then (note: probably substantially LESS robust than what the Catholics believe to constitute this set though)
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hmm, i think it's the stance in which those beliefs are held that matters if *nothing* can challenge them, even conflicts with reality, i'd say that's a different beast than contingently held, pragmatic beliefs
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Well I mean, nothing can challenge your belief in free will, right? I think in principle I could be persuaded that my gender identity was different than I believe it to be or that it has different implications than I believe it to but in practice I would just think it manipulated
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