The fear of the God injected by the religion was the root cause of worship, superstitions and dogmas.+

People who pursue a multitude of religious and yogic paths without being aware of the Gnanic path are not the yogic or religious path.

The hallucination created by religion such as personal Gods, heaven, hell, karma, sin when they start growing; takes on such a big dimension. The cinema is more powerful than real life, given that one can just exaggerate it the way he wants it. When the illusory process gets exaggerated, it becomes more powerful than life.

Religion breeds superstition because religion is based on blind belief.

Swami Vivekananda: ~ “If superstition enters, the brain is gone. Superstition is our great enemy, but bigotry is worse.

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How can you worship the Absolute? That implies two ~ the worshipper and the worshipped, whereas the Absolute is nondual. One can worship his idea of the Absolute only or realize his unity with it when he can’t worship it as apart.

The Upanishads say in effect that ~ If you believe that the ‘the Soul, the innermost Self’ is one and God (Brahman) is another you cannot understand Truth.

The religion preaches that God is one and the ways to God are many. It simply tries to lead them to darkness with its dogma and idea of many Gods, which is apart from the Self. 

People all over the world in the past and present accepted the idea of the existence of God.  The fear of God injected by the religion was the root cause of worship, superstitions, and dogmas.  The religious belief is passed on to the populace from one generation to the next generation.

Realizing the single stuff of which this universe in which you exist is made, is Truth realization or Self-realization or God-realization.

When the expression itself is illusory, then the evolution within the illusory expression is bound to be an illusion.  Thus, the evolution theory holds no water from the standpoint of the Soul, the innermost Self

The religion preaches that God is one and the ways to God are many. It simply tries to lead them to darkness with its dogma and idea of many Gods, which is apart from the Self.  

People who believe in the religious idea of God as a creator are deluded because they are unaware of the fact that, the ‘Self’ is not the form but ‘Self’ is formless consciousness. They will not be able to accept anything other than their practical experience in this practical world.  Therefore, people who are the deeply rooted conviction of their belief system are not qualified for the pursuit of truth. And seeker of truth should avoid discussion religious-minded people. 

First, you must know what God is supposed to be in actuality.

All the mythological stories are nothing to do with Vedas.  There is no mention of these mythological Gods in Vedas.

There is a clear-cut idea in the scriptures, what is supposed to be God. And what not to worship in place of God then why worship the belief of God, which not God.

That is why Lord Krishna says Ch ~V: ~ “Those who know the Self in truth.". The last two words (tattvataha) are usually ignored by pundits, but they make all the difference between the ordinary concept of God and the truth about God.

Bhagavad Gita: ~ Brahmano hi pratisthaham ~ Brahman (God) is considered the all-pervading consciousness, which is the basis of all the animate and inanimate entities and material. (14.27)

Rig Veda: ~ The Atman is the cause; Atman is the support of all that exists in this universe. May ye never turn away from the Atman, the Self. May ye never accept another God in place of the Atman nor worship other than the Atman?" (10:48, 5)

Yajurveda – chapter- 32:~  God is Supreme Spirit has no ‘Pratima’ (idol) or material shape. God cannot be seen directly by anyone. God pervades all beings and all directions. 

Thus, Idolatry does not find any support from the Vedas.

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad: ~ Brahman (God) is in the form of the Athma, and it is indeed Athma itself.

People, who worship the belief of God, are hallucinating that they become one with such God.

Vedas itself says: May ye never accept another God in place of the Atman nor worship other than the Atman? Thus, to know the real God Self-realization is necessary. Self-realization is God-realization. Self-realization itself is real worship. 

The seeker of truth stays away from religion. Soulcentric reasoning is a reliable method to reach the realm of the Soul, which is the ultimate reality. Unless one exercises his reason--there is no chance of getting the truth.

Sage Sankara founded his Advaita Vedanta either on reason independent of Sruti or on Sruti confirmed by reason."  

Sage Sankara:~ This (the unreality of duality) is borne out by the Srutis ... But it is possible also to show the unreality of the object world even from pure reasoning, and this second chapter is undertaken for that purpose. (Commentary on the Manduka Upanishad, II, 1)  

From the ultimate standpoint, there is nothing exist other than the Soul, which is present in the form of consciousness. The universe is an illusion created out of consciousness; therefore its contents are also consciousness. Thus, the individual experience of birth, life, death, and the world is part of the dualistic illusion.  Thus, the dualistic illusion which appears as the universe is created out of consciousness.  Consciousness is the ultimate truth or Brahman or God in truth. :~Santthosh Kumaar