80 Questions to Understand India: History, Mythology and Religion

This does not question the importance of faith but outlines how all religions have been captured by the vested interests of professional priests claiming to be God's sole selling agents leading to distortions, superstitions and religiosity that the founding sages would have abhorred. The five creators of religion are covered: The founding prophets, the apostels, priests, the rulers and the rich as patrons and finally the common people whose offering and sacrifices make the places of worship so rich. Also outlined is how people the world over have been influenced by geography, sources of food, technological and social change, trade and by political and religious forces.