Worship?

[MonadicSpectrum]

  But in a place and time where we argue that religion is bad or mine is better than yours, etc., things become completely muddled for most of us.  Dang!

These are two very different concepts. A particular religion thinking it's the correct one and another is not is one of the reasons religion is bad in general—separation.

Are you not currently thinking that your paradigm about reality is the correct one and all religions are incorrect? Isn't this the same sort of perspective that some religions take that you believe causes separation? Perhaps you are more united with them than you think.  Although, there are also some religions that are totally open to other religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism; it is mainly the Abrahamic faiths that claim to be the only correct religion.

Personally, I think it is totally fine to believe some ideas are closer to the truth than others or more useful than others, and it's also totally fine to express these perspectives as long as one is respectful, kind, and considerate. I believe this can be done without causing separation as well by understanding that only in accepting and expressing differences can we paradoxically ever find unity. Perhaps the hardest part of this paradox is accepting even those that don't accept other beliefs and realizing that unity is not found by changing what they believe but only by changing how we perceive their beliefs as already being included in the unity that always exists. And when you change the way you look at something, that thing changes.

If people haven't realized this about me yet on this forum, I'm a song person for solidifying messages. This song comes to mind for me for viewing all beings as participating in a symphony and accepting even those instruments that claim to have the only and best song as already included in the unified symphony of All That Is.

https://youtu.be/9DSMgVG0--8

You are my symphony
By your side, we are unity
You are my energy
My guiding light, we are unity