Originally Posted by chryssanthi sahar

Very well said belly dancer It is a fact, that when something starts getting institutionalized it looses it's originality and freshness and it gets rigid. Unfortunately this has happened to all major religions.
On the other hand the majority of humans needs guidance. Unfortunately there are very few people who are independent and courageous enough to find their own way to God, Spirit, Universe (however one would call it). So for the majority of humans religion is almost unavoidable because without it their lives would probably be a chaos. Only mature, self-conscious and responsible individuals can be free and follow the rules of their hearts instead of the rules of some religion or other institution.