When God created the world there was no one, there was no religion on earth. So God is older than any religion. Religion is the creation of man. Today there are a million religions that will only cause great confusion in people's minds, because of the gods few people will find the true God.
God says when you want to talk to me, enter your room, close the door and pray to your father who is in hiding, that is, for us to go into silence. Instead of using our mouth so much to talk to God, it was better to use our mind more, to have a secret contact with him. The true God is in the hidden. But he has a son and his son left his spirit on earth to help those who serve him.
I do not need to walk 24 hours with a cap on my head to say that I am from God, or to walk dressed only in one color clothes, or to walk with a written shirt I am from God. That sounds like slavery to me . There is an identification of who serves the creator is in his gauze, in his walk, in his voice ... Kindness and meekness.
God is freedom, peace and love. God is in holiness, and holiness in the natural and the natural in simplicity. Now think what religion cultivates the natural? Few religions. If you analyze religions you will see only vanity in them.
We all are son of gods. Don't forget we must also crucify our self to drop down the sins that we have. I don't like the idea that someone came to take my sins. My sins are only be cured by myself.
It's my opinion personal