Religion?

Religion is defined as "a specific fundamental set of beliefs and practices generally agreed upon by a number of persons or sects" by www.dictionary.com. But I beg to differ, this may have been religion once upon a time, not so much anymore. Religion these days does not quite fit that definition anymore. They still fit the general requirements but these days it seems far more like a business than a religion. Business is defined by www.dictionary.com as "a person, partnership, or corporation engaged in commerce, manufacturing, or a service; profit-seeking enterprise or concern." I feel this definition fits far better into so called religion today. If we read the definition we can see it says " . . . corporation engaged in a service; profit seeking enterprise . . ." Is this not what religion has become? If we look at how "The Church", for example, conducts their goings-on we see that they are running their "religion" as a business. This is how I see it, when they make people pay "tithe" they are making you pay for their service as it were. This is one reason why the religion is more like a business. Another reason is that religion used its people in the past to get what they want. Such as for example The Crusades. The Crusades were merely a money making venture if we look at it from an economic stand point. There was lots of monetary value in sending people to conquer new cities and taking over trade routes and such. Now try saying that religion isn't a business maybe in some ways this might not be true but as a whole religion is the best business ever established, and for that I commend religions everywhere.