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Could you define what you mean with the word
religion?Unfortunately, I can't give a good definition for this except by example. Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Daoism, Hinduism, Atheism. I suppose that it might even be possible to ask the questions assuming that science is a religion. The focus of the questions is intended to be on the engineering and social aspects, rather than on a question like "Should Atheism be considered a religion?" I understand that the vagueness makes this a less than perfect delineation of a topic.
Atheism shouldn't be thought of as a (single) religion for the same reason non-apples aren't a (single) type of fruit.
Do you consider New Atheism the same religion as Communist Atheism in the former Soviet Union?
Other questions: Is Effective Altruism a religion? Is Intentional Insights? Is Yoga a religion? Is the Landmark forum?
The social aspects of Islam that regulates how inheritance and child support payments are supposed to work is different than Buddhism which as a religion doesn't care for that and might as David Chapman suggests not include any ethical imperatives.
Before you engineer something you have to decide on what kind of thing you actually want to engineer.
Given that you said you are working on a conlang, it's useful for you to take a mental step back and ask whether the word
religionis a useful word for thinking about the domain you want to talk about.