Businesses are, in reality, quasi-religious sects. When you go to work in one, you embrace A New Faith. And if they are really big businesses, you progress from faith to a kind of mystique. Belief in the product, preaching the product, in the end the product becomes the focus of a transcendental experience. Through 'the product' one communes with the vast forces of life, nature, and history that are expressed in business.
Religion is defined here as that which infuses one's life with meaning.
There is, however, a multiplicity of approaches to religion, some theistic, some agnostic, some atheistic. Some theists, agnostics and atheists might disagree with the definition used here. Some Buddhist sects, for example, might be considered such. Nevertheless, this definition gives us a point from which to embark upon our exploration vision creation. We have compiled a variety of references on the Web to give more depth and breadth to this theme.