Torah isn’t religion.
The Law commands Jews to rebuke anyone who says otherwise. Either you believe Torah was given to Moishe at Sinai by Hashem, or you don’t. No gray area exists, only direct repentance to and forgiveness from Hashem.
Now, if you’re bringing up the fact some Jews hide for survival with an outward appearance of other religions and cultures, then anyone with a Jewish education knows those are known to Hashem as Jews because only Hashem knows Torah is written on their hearts and minds. Same goes for determining who the righteous Gentiles are.
Trust in your Creator, not man.
Show me in Torah where anyone is told the English word "religion" is not applicable to Torah. You can't. We are working with severe problems of cross-wired definitions here. That's why I asked for that definition clarification up front. We can't really talk about this topic at all with out some agreed upon common vocabulary. You appear to be choosing some bizarre, extremely limited scope definition perfectly suited to your polemical purposes. I'm using more of a standard dictionary definition, like:
re·li·gion
rəˈlijən/
noun
noun: religion
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the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods.
"ideas about the relationship between science and religion"
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a particular system of faith and worship.
plural noun: religions
"the world's great religions"
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a pursuit or interest to which someone ascribes supreme importance.
"consumerism is the new religion"
Definition available at:
https://www.google.com/#safe=active&q=definition+of+religion
The upshot is, being Jewish and obeying Torah are most certainly about religion, because religion is all about what you believe about God. Your statement to the contrary can't be supported. Again, if you say Torah forbids connecting religion to Torah, you are effectively saying a relgious teaching forbids itself to be called a religious teaching. That's absurd. Irrational. Kooky. Show me where it says that, in Torah. I say you can't. Not without using your own super-custom definition of religion. Prove me wrong.
Peace,
SR