ALL major religions , and all religious sects and denominations used and keep using the tactics of group indoctrination and peer pressure to groom and influence adherents into conformity and keeping in line , to induce , exhort and maintain pressure on individual thinking and individuality in general . Even if it means distancing everyone from his god to the benefit of assimilation , conformity and submission within the group . All fascist groups and small or large militia organizations use and apply the same techniques of coercion , in present times and in the past .
The traditional and new trends in religious practices do not give us the sense of oneness they seem to believe in or portray and enjoy . In my opinion , it should always be a private affair , within private occasions that make us feel connected to the spirituality of it all , and the joys and sorrows of the world .
There is absolutely nothing in today's rituals and practices of religious norms and ideas , that emphasises the quiet , the telepathic , the contemplative . Things that really puts one on a par with god , and where one could and should start questioning his or her own experience of god .
Religions and religious priests , shaikhs and religious gurus and leaders in general should put more efforts and emphasis on listening instead of talking and continuously producing fatwas and judgements for our times and the coming ones . The call for greater emphasis on religious practises of solitude and contemplation should be the aim .
That religions in all different denominations should incorporate more silence , mystery and contemplation into religious worship is evident . They should make more room for believers and their spiritual guiders to demonstrate a quieter and clearer path to god .
After all , hasn't belief and prayer always been about contemplation as well as community .
Religious leaders from Buddha to Moses , Jesus and Muhammad , as well as the lesser-known saints , monks , shaikhs and imams , shamans and prophets , have always gone off alone to experience the revelations they later shared with the rest of us .
IT is high time in the life of humanity for people to start forging their own spirituality , their own spiritual connections to the divine powers , and not always feeling the urge and being under the obligation of displaying it publicly and pushing your own beliefs on others .
YES , indeed if I was a true believer , I would have tried to think and behave along those lines of worship and quiet contemplation .
In my opinion , the way things should be , thanks for your time and patience .