On the religious fact

The oldest theses which consent to the man, besides a body a spirit, are called religions.
Their field is vast, my knowledge is basic and restricted to monotheism only. However, I won't chicken out. Without an ounce of erudition but the hypothesis in pocket, let's get closer. Tradition gives texts a certain face, but this outfit to which we condemn them, wouldn't it sometimes verge on mischief ?

Tree: The virtue of the sacred texts is to enlighten the believer on the path of life by trying to avoid some pitfalls. A religion can be seen as a ladder. It facilitates the believer's climbing up the Tree of Knowledge of Life. However, religion is not the tree and must fade in front of its top.
But to seduce ever more faithfuls, to assert its supremacy and perhaps also to reassure itself, a religion is tempted to answer any question. Here it is, interpreting the texts under the high patronage of wise men, it forges its justification document of "truth", the doctrine. That the end of the bucolic ladder which suddenly had become a cage, if not a tower. Moreover this transformation was accompanied by a profusion of appreciations and bans that stand like a fence all around the Tree.
Doubts and interrogations being permanently put out of harm's way, It's time to let "truth" ring. If you join without flinching, you are on the right side of the force. If you hesitate, you're grumbling, you're thinking, oh wretched you are ! Your attitude betrays a certain tendency of your person for debauchery, perdition and desolation.

How to enjoy being welcomed by such a scale of values ? We must already face daily a slew of challenges, and we should put a hat on our person as soon as we look for its meaning ? Personal development workshops seem realy more considerate.
Besides, is it a good thing to talk down not only the man but also the Tree ? The only architectural model that should inspire a religion is the carpet. Open and accessible to all, from all directions. Here you put down your suitcase, there what you usually have to hide. Step by step, you feel like finally to sit. You lose nothing when you abandon the useless and you feel lighter to get closer the Tree.
Service: If we can't deny religions a role of means, they can not pretend to be erected as goals. Their purpose is to serve the human. Their action must comply with a single swing : help, support, relieve. This for all humans, this for all religions. As soon as a religion comes out of this framework, it denies itself.
Even with the best intentions, no one can put seals on a universal good. Do not confuse "suggest reading grids" and "build a dungeon". Every man carries his bundle of freedom. No human authority can confiscate its expression. Who banishes doubt, banishes the truth. No religion can pretend to be beyond man and reduce the individual to the state of subject. Strong for what it doesn't know, no creed can belittle the man.
Trading: Men complain of their condition and beg God to grant them a little of his eternity. Would our life here below be so ignominious ? It is especially that we are promised another much better, but we must deserve it. And what is the price ? No one knows it precisely, but tradition has his idea. Genuflexions, rituals and strict observances are as many indeniable pledges of your interest and engagement.
Strange ! Men aspire to be filled with spirit but they envisage God like any plenipotentiary of this world. Would he feed off grimaces, flattery and lovely machinations like any kinglet among his court ?
Convinced of the importance of its person, aspiring to get out of the Earth mud, each organizes the trading of its own merits. It must be recognized that freedom is not expressed but the big, the big anything instead. We are ready to engage in any kind of masquerade and embrace the latest fashion. This is recommendable but not that. No ! Do not do it please because then you will be banned by Saint-Yada-Yada.
We compose our life between a present where, no matter the method, prosperity is synonymous with respectability and a hypothetical after for which, do we ever know, it is fashionable to establish a relationship of seduction. Moreover, in the immediate future, we strive to stay away from the misfortunes of the world. Is not this already a sign of virtue ? Who would dare to blame us ?

Human, how much do you consider your freedom ? How much did you pay for it ? Rather than haggling over its sustainability, should not you first show you're worthy of it ? Everything has been given to you so what do you want to negotiate ? You say you attach great value to life ? Okay, then honor your debt, for free.