The terms God, Godhead, Goddess, Divine Mother and Adhiparasakthi are used synonymously. The essence of religion is not merely making on the forehead with viboothi or Kungumam and wearing black or blue or green or orange or red colored or saffron robe but a life of goodness, purity and service in the midst of mundane temptations. Religion is living in God. It is not mere discussion about God. Mere intellectual assent cannot make you really religious.
Real religion is beyond argument.
It can only be lived both inwardly and outwardly. It is realization and becoming. Ensure that personal bias, force of convention or the opinion of fanatics and sectarians, do not blind your vision into a narrow view of religion. Do not get prejudiced by observing the religious practices of untutored masses. Differentiate the essentials from the nonessentials in religion, and philosophy through the power of pure reason and discrimination.