| According to your definition (well, the part that didn't use the word "religion" in describing itself), the only verifiable markers are: a cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith.
Art follows pretty much all that. Its entire meaning, if it has any, is that which the observer gives it. How more perfect a system of belief can you get?
. . . whenever any government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new government, laying its foundations on such principles and organizing its powers in such forms as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. |