I think that's not quite fair to the concept as a whole, certainly not its entire history. It is, to an extent, what religion came to be used for in a lot of places. But you have to look at, like any social institution, as something that developed organically under its own social pressures. People are prone to wanting to organize their experiences, to give structure to their view of the world, and see patterns in things. It's instinctual, it's how we've survived.
it may not be fair. I'm not saying it is fair because whenever people gather to share ideological beliefs, inevitably there will be someone who seeks to codify those beliefs into rules of how to be a better acolyte of [insert faith here]. I am, however, saying that it's teaching prejudice and how to justify that prejudice with a set of arbitrary rules based upon a faith that isn't universally accepted (and I'm speaking in the broadest sense, as in, the actual universe).
So how is a random judgement based on someone else's personally accepted arbitrary rules fair? It's not. It's why homosexuals are persecuted and why women aren't given equality, and more. If you're perceived as being outside of the norm, you're "wrong" per a religious standard that you've not accepted.
So when the people of a given culture experience things they perceive as sacred, i.e. numinous, ethereal, divine, spiritual, or otherwise non-mundane, they are likely going to want to contextualize that and explain it in a way that can be understood by others in that culture. Whence comes religion-- re-ligare, the things that re-connect us to the sacred.
there are cultures where this is done, and sometimes people actually follow or learn that "path" or set of beliefs, while also allowing that it's intensely private and you make your own decision on how to walk regarding beliefs. Though this seems like it's true of other religions, it's not, especially when they teach how to socially pressure others into getting back in line. I, personally, think certain North American Tribal beliefs tend to be more sensible in this regard: it's personal; walk your own "religious" path; Share it if you want; no person can tell another how to think, believe or act; etc
I have a version of every console from the 4th generation(super nintendo, neo geo) till now.
I've only bought one (PS4). the rest were given to me (PS3, Game cube, Super Nintendo). I'm not big on games, though I do love flight simulators (though not the aircraft most would like), Zelda and the open play on GTA-V and Red Dead 2.
One game I used to love (on a computer) was Warlords II... it's the only game I've always loved and even now I have to rebuild an old Win 3.11 (with MS-DOS 6.2) so I can play it. Turn based strategy.
... just never been into games much, really.
back later! gotta feed the critters