[SteveMcKing]

Is it “religion”, or is it “culture”? Both?

The ACLU only makes the distinction for Christianity. Then it’s just “religion”, not culture.

Any other religion can be passed off as “culture” to leftists.

[AmericanInTokyo]

You make good points.

In the Japanese sense, more or less, this is both religion and culture, at least within "shindo" and "bunka".

[Louis Foxwell]

Is it “religion”, or is it “culture”? Both? The ACLU only makes the distinction for Christianity. Then it’s just “religion”, not culture. Any other religion can be passed off as “culture” to leftists.

Exactly correct.

Secular culturists must oppose Judeo/Christian thought because it refutes their world view. No other religion does so.

J/C describes reality. All other religions - including Mohammedanism - are mythologically based and point to reality.

Mythology is not a problem for Marxism, reality is.