I have no time for Yuval Noah Harari. The only people who are impressed by what he says are people who aren't widely read and who don't have much of a brain.

Google defines the word religion as "the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods."

Dictionary.com says "a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs."

Cambridge dictionary says "the belief in and worship of a god or gods, or any such system of belief and worship:"

You're using strawman arguments.