[lugsoul]

"Religion, as I've said a number of times, is a mode of worship, and by logical extension whatever apparatus is built around it."

And that definition is yours, not the Founders'. You may need an "apparatus" to worship. Not everyone does.

[inquest]

You may need an "apparatus" to worship. Not everyone does.

I didn't say it had to have an apparatus. I was only saying that whatever apparatus that does exist is included in the definition of the word.