philosophy or religion

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Philosophy are questions that can never be answered. Religions are answers that can never be questioned.

Nice.

"Aphorisms, representing a knowledge broken, do invite men to inquire farther; whereas Methods, carry the show of the total, do secure men as if they were at farthest."
Bacon

Is the philosophy of religion then an oxymoron?

Yep. I find religion and and philosophy one in the same for me.

Catchy, but inaccurate.

Many philosophical questions have no definitive answer, but but many philosophical questions have answers backed with cogent argument.

Very catchy, but I would disagree. Philosophical questions can be answered, but often in multiple ways, leading to the impression that the can't be answered. And I do atempt to seek an objective truth in religion, actively questioning my own Christian beliefs until I am satisfied with the answers I find. Blindly following any religion is foolishness, it is important to understand why you believe something.

It's difficult to avoid confirmation bias in the process though. It's better to disbelieve, and have the belief prove itself.

Most of what is written in the bible could be seen as philosophy, it's just the fundamentalists that have put such a rabid spin on it all, and blown it all out of proportion. There were other great philosophers as well, (Homer, Plato etc) but when you try to say that the writers of the gospels were philosophizing, you get shouts of 'heresy' and 'blasphemy' from the followers of those gospels because they see them as absolute fact, instead of maybe stories and folklore. If religious groups didn't take everything so literal and so serious, then maybe they would see things a little more differently. But then I suppose to believe the way they do, it requires some blind faith.

Yeah, I did that, thanks. I approached Christianity trying to find some reason why it could not be true. I didn't find one. And could you elaborate on the idea that "it's better to dibelieve, and have the belief prove itself?" If I'm wrong, no harm is done. Not so if you're wrong. I am fully aware of the perils of confirmation bias, and have often caught myself in it, which then permits me to look closer at what I instinctively might rather ignore to see the issues as objectively as possible. Don't forget, atheists fall prey to confirmation bias in exactly the same way as do Christians, Jews, Muslims, etc.

Neither definition is true. But it is a cute saying.

The only thing we have to fear is fear, itself.

I should add that, as I remember from my Catholic upbringing, a sense of wonder and awe and an embrace of the "divine mysteries" were considered an essential part of heightened faith.