Worship?

[jafar]

I think most religions seek to be loving, peaceful, and accepting of others in theory but usually fail to accomplish that in practice.

Each religion is different but let's zoomed in to the top 2 most popular religion (group) today as a case study.
The religion of Christianity and the religion of Islam.

Please mind the fact that the religion of Christianity was not founded by Jesus in the same manner as the religion of Islam was not founded by Mohammed.
And also the fact that the Gospel was not written by Jesus in the same manner as the Quran was not written by Mohammed.
Both publication was released many years after each entity's physical death by somebody else.

And also the fact that both religion has split to become hundreds of sub-religion, and each sub-religion is not the same either.
But let's make a generalization of both for simplicity sake.

From those publications let's cite something.
"I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
- John 14:6

"It is God Who sent His Messenger with guidance and a true religion that will prevail over all other religions, even though the pagans may dislike it."
-- Quran 9:33

Those two cited verses are often referred by each religion's priest / cleric / preachers as a reference of superiority.
The superiority of "our religion" against "other religion".

Thus I disagree that "religions seek to be loving, peaceful, and accepting of others".
Especially those 2 mentioned religions, they seek to be superior of others by claiming that their religion is the one and true religion and other religions are false religion.
Their religion will prevailed over other religions and those cited verse often act as justification to make any efforts to make it so.
Those who made the efforts (protecting / fighting for each religion) will be rewarded by Paradise while the 'enemy' will be tortured for all eternity in Gehenna / Jahannam (read: Hell).

Having said that, many of the religion's member somehow do not agree with the above notion.
But often they don't speak up and just keep it inside themselves.
Mostly due to the fear that it will makes them being labeled as apostate / murtad and 'death penalty' awaited those who do.
In addition of being tortured for all eternity in Gehenna / Jahannam after the execution of such 'death penalty'.

Thus I see this is a tug of war between entity's own 'conscience' and 'religion doctrine' that's happening within each entity who are member of such religion.

As it has been a common signature pattern, the STS / negative employs FEAR to have control over others.
And they induced such thought forms within religion.
Actually not only in religion they induced such thought forms in political doctrine as well.

Thus each entity should leverage those fear and transmute it to become courage.
Once they're able to do that, fear doesn't work anymore for them, the catalyst has helped them to found courage.
Those work apparently need to be performed by each entity as part of their 'spiritual journey'.