The soul is potentially divine.The goal is to manifest this divinity within by controlling nature, external and internal and helps in controlling the beast.if there is a soul,we must perceive it. Prayers helps to get one step further,it all depends on practice of day to day life. The very fact that one man everyman to do so.! Not only is it possible,but we must eventually get to that state, and that is worship God and believe in him and his religious perception. The master of nature,the embodiment of freedom is what we call God and we cannot deny him, because we cannot move or live without the idea of him.
Conquering external nature,but still conquer our internal nature. This conquer of inner self understand the secrets of the subtle workings of knowledge that are gifted to us within the mind and knowing it's wonderful secrets, belongs entirely to religion. In life and in death,in happiness and in misery,God is equally present. Our reality is full with him,we should follow to seek him. Religion is a realisation if you do get the realisation and then you will be truly religious. We should respect all religion and respect them. Many of us cannot worship all Gods,I am Hindu and I worship Hindu deity. Religion bring us to his eternal life. Various religion,exist although they differ in form of worship they take.