One's true religion is the sum of all the behaviors they perform 'religiously',
regardless of what they profess to believe, or the arguments with which
they defend those beliefs.

Simply put, actions speak louder than words, and what we claim to believe
is often different than the beliefs belied by how we actually live. This, in
conjunction with the other constant dynamic in human relations, would
seem to be the source of all religious disagreements.

The other dynamic is that it's always easier to criticize and attempt to
change another than it is to take responsibility for critically observing
and changing ourselves - or so we'd prefer to believe, but let's explore
whether this is really true.

What if the true goal of spirituality was not to acquire the greatest
number of converts and 'win' the human race, but to achieve personal
peace of mind - enlightenment.

There are numerous indications that such a "peace that passeth
understanding" is simply incapable of being disturbed by the illusory
disagreements based on transitory beliefs of those who have yet to
realize such a profound peace.

There are plentiful suggestions that such a peace is based on an
experience so fulfilling that it is literally "beyond belief(s)", or anything
which can be expressed in words, and creates within the experiencer a
reluctance to engage in the folly of either words or beliefs, which, by
the nature of the duality they arise from and convey, detract from the
fulfillment inherent in the experience of that peace.

What if we truly understood that all the energy we expend on the effort
to change others was robbing us of the energy to change ourselves
in the process of realizing this ultimate peace?

Given this perspective, one might wonder if the things we most
passionately urge another to hear are the efforts of our own highest
nature to have us hear those very things, and apply them in our own
lives, toward the end of moving into a state of peace which surpasses
the need to change others, yet gives us the actual power to do so
just by being.

Perhaps the reason 'God', Itself, seems to exert so little effort to change
the follies of Man is because 'God' is that fulfilling, powerful peace,
and is calmly awaiting our arrival at Its doorstep, knowing we can't
fail to do so...eventually...since we are, at heart, of the same nature.