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hackenslash said:Guardian Angel said:snip...
Possibly, but you're talking about specific religions. If you look at religions slightly less mainstream, not all of those charges can be laid. Not all religions are about control, let alone the desire for it. But the superstition charge can be levelled at all of them, because religion is, at bottom, simply superstition writ large. I don't think that argument helps you.
Don't confuse a discussion about religion with a discussion about Christianity or Islam. There are far older religions than those around, and some of them aren't subject to your classification.
Paganism. Wicca. Buddhism.
That is all.
More importantly, however - it must be addressed that a Religion is nothing more than a group of people gathered together with a unifying dogma and doctrine. Those are the two core similarities that all religions have in common.