God and religion
From my personal experiences I don't understand the concept of god. While I personally believe there could be the existence of a higher dimensional being which to us would be a god - for example imagine how a 3 dimensional being would seem to a 2 dimensional being, it would have knowledge of all due to being able to traverse more spatial dimensionsions - and potentially a being which can traverse time as a spatial dimension or some other method (I know this sounds like science fiction) however I cannot understand people relating this to specific religion. Which leads me to my distrust of organised religion. I cannot see the rational for the following of seemingly arbitrary rituals. Another reason for my distrust of group following of religion is the obvious ways it can be abused "in the name of god" having a centralised person who has influence over the religion or a specific gathering of individuals does not seem correct to me.
Now for a thought experiment imagine the existence of an omnipotent god perfectly just, all knowing and all powerful however allows human free will. Now a person decides to not attend religious meetings and instead chooses to meditate on their own. If this individual experiences enlightenment about god which does not align with the group meetings of the religion are they wrong? We have already esstablished that this god is all powerful so why would they reveal falsehoods as we are assuming they are perfectly just. This leads me to conclude that an individuals relationship with god is just that, individual and should not be influenced by group. Which brings me to the conclusion that god should be pursued by long periods of meditation and thinking and group gatherings and religious leaders are not the path to this enlightenment.
Question: Would a god not ensure group meetings of only reveal the truth
My response: No as given that the god allows human free will it allows for individuals with malicious intentions to poison the religion and add their own malicious ideas and policies into the collective. This is addressed by exclusively studying religion individually as it removes the possibility for external poisoning of your ideas of god.
I would love to hear your thoughts on this and any errors in my thinking or factors I have not considered. These ideas are still in their infancy so feedback is encouraged.