God on the other hand...He's the real deal.;-)
Jesus had some very harsh words to say about the religious leaders of His day. Vipers, buried tombs, hypocrites, sons of Satan.
Yes, I think “religion”’ is just a generic word that most people take to mean a person’s beliefs about a deity - creation, the afterlife, etc..
Many “religions” derive from a written document believed to be a spiritual revelation from the deity.
What is interesting to me is how many different religions there are - each one absolutely certain that the other religions are wrong. :-)