In the following years, I examined other religious points of view or knowledge. They are seemingly equal in their missing proofs, and different in fundamental ways. Many no longer have any followers. Some are, or some have been, bound to the existing government as one, others almost without any boundary. The contradictions amazed me, as did the power any of them had over their members.
Religion seems to be man made.
I am not sure that the religions shouldn't be viewed and treated just as any other human group is. Might making right', the powers aspect is the topmost element in rules structure. The government can be used to control groups within its physical reach excepting those sheltered by another government. We confuse things when we have many different governments, each acting as if its rules were absolute. We live within a complex mesh of beliefs and rules.