[Raak] No.
[all] No.
[GL] No.
[Brendan] No.
[Kim] No.
[Raak] No.
[Dujon] It wouldn't.
Don't get too hung up on the afterlife thing - it's only related to it.

[GL] It might be, depending on how you define "philosophy".

[Inkspot] No.

[all] A breakthrough! Yes.

blimey - I thought we'd eliminated the 'religion' thing ages ago - perhaps I just imagined it!

[Chalky] No. No, I was surprised no-one tried that earlier, but they didn't...

A religion is a philosophy, unless your a fanatic.

[GL] No. There's more to religion than philosophy, though - it is a sociological phenomenon which may include a philosophy, but also other things such as liturgy. I think.
[all] Nope.

[Inkspot] No, but I'd love to know more about the Theophobic Church...

[Raak] It does not.

[BM]The basis of all religion is a philosophy, which is also the most important part of the religion. It's easy to quote (for example) the Bible but very few of those that do make any effort to love their fellow man.

[GL] Of course, it depends on what you mean by "philosophy". But if you mean ethics, I still say that's only one element of religion, and not necessarily the most important part: for example, Jesus taught ethics, but he seems to have been more interested in eschatology. One should always be very wary of saying things like "the essence of all religions is X" because religions are rather complex things that vary greatly.
Oh yes. No.