I dislike the "word wars" that go on here, but you've finally made me crack open my dictionary. The roots of the word mean "to restrain/bind back" and "to bind together". I think the difference between the "supreme being" and "set of moral beliefs and codes" definition is rather thin. My version of Webster's Unabridged Dictionary cites "Christian religion", among others, as examples of the latter definition. The current version uses "religous" to define "religion"! Is that useless or what?

I think the roots of the word are the most telling. "Bound together" as a group who share common beliefs (referencing the second definition), and who are bound by their beliefs (referencing the other root meaning "to restrain/bind back").

I think it's perfectly fine to say that your religion (second def.) is no religion (first def.) if that defines you. As such, forcing no religion is a religion in and of itself.

"Cheeseheads" are not a religion. It just doesn't fit either definition of the word.

c.dric: Faith is not the same as religion...