symbolic religion, n.Definitions

Symbolic religion (n.) treats ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠God as a socially useful fiction: there is nobody there, but keep bowing to the emblem.