“If one adheres to a set of non-worldly revealed beliefs, prays to a deity, and lives a moral life according to the commands and precepts of that deity, one is practicing a religion whether one chooses to call it that or not.”
Ummmm - if ANYONE could live a moral life according to the commands and precepts of God, Jesus wouldn’t have had to die on the cross....
“26 The Lord said, “If I find fifty righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”
27 Then Abraham spoke up again: “Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, though I am nothing but dust and ashes, 28 what if the number of the righteous is five less than fifty? Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five people?”
“If I find forty-five there,” he said, “I will not destroy it.”
29 Once again he spoke to him, “What if only forty are found there?”
He said, “For the sake of forty, I will not do it.”
30 Then he said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak. What if only thirty can be found there?”
He answered, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”
31 Abraham said, “Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty can be found there?”
He said, “For the sake of twenty, I will not destroy it.”
32 Then he said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more. What if only ten can be found there?”
He answered, “For the sake of ten, I will not destroy it.”
33 When the Lord had finished speaking with Abraham, he left, and Abraham returned home”
And we know what happened to Sodom....
Of course I was speaking of religion in general, a bare bones definition. With Christianity, we have the unique benefit of grace given to us by God in virtue of the sacrifice his Son made on the cross. This empowers us, if we cooperate with it, to keep His commandments.