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