Rituals in Religion

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I've been talking to a lot of people about the religion they follow, nd I have come to this conclusion. Most religions are practised in a way that was not actually ever mentioned in that particular religions holy books. Mainly in Hinduism, the Bhagavath Gita is actually a book telling the story of a war taking place and the advice given to a youth on how to live life... But in India the Hindus follow loads and loads of rituals which actually cannot be found in any of their holy scriptures... Such as Worshipping so called god men, the belief that people get possesed by the spirits of dead people and that such people can be freed from the torment of such spirits by being beaten with neem leaves, and so much more. Similarly in the religion of Islam, look at the world today all the attacks by terrorists. Does Islam actually ask its followers to kill people in order to get into heaven? I personally do not know coz I haven't read their holy scriptures. Everyone has a religion even those people who say that they do not believe in God. But I think its belief in rituals that is the cause for problems between people of different rituals. We need to reach the heart of the issue, of why do we follow the religion that we follow, instead of getting caught up in the rituals prescribed. What do you think?