What you say is also true of the majority of all people (thus far) of all forms of religion, as well as the atheists and agnostics. This is a human tendency; en

What you say is also true of the majority of all people (thus far) of all forms of religion, as well as the atheists and agnostics. This is a human tendency; engaging in religiosity is not the purpose of religion; self-evolving (with the help of our Creator and Its universe) one's heart and mind is. A religion without a compassionate basis has entirely lost its way, and that compassion must be for one and all people, not just their own kind/culture/society/whatever. No! That's the way of mammals; we must use our extraordinary human gifts choose to be much, much more, working beyond our tribes because we are one single human race, and we must expand our consciousness and ideals to embrace that essential fact. Individual peace is the result of choosing service-oriented, active compassion/love. There is no other way, otherwise the inner tension pesists, including the results of willful ignorance to our need to self-evolve. We must choose to try to help those around us, after we have stopped cruelly ignoring their unhappiness and/or, worst of all, willfully causing their misery. This also requires our refusing to coldly accept the oppression of the innocent. Our love for them must be of a different character and verve than our love for the oppressors.