Personally (this definition cannot stand up universally) I think the religion derives its legitimacy from the quality of its teachings.
Teaching you to love your brother, be kind to others...etc denotes legitimacy.
Teaching hatred and intolerance does not.
Thus Trekkies and Jedi are more legit in my eyes than hardcore Nazism or Islamofascism (Islam and the teachings of the Koran, from what I understand, do not have the same violent leanings).
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