Religion is only only only, "a means to an end", as God said clearly, the reason he chose Abraham, proven in the fact I, and app. 15,000,000 more of his descendants are- miraculously! – alive today, is only because he would pass on goodness and kindness! (unfortunately many people think, like stupid Muslims blowing themselves up so they can rape 72 virgins in some kind of Mohamadian brothel, hence they see religion as an end – to a means!- Again religion is never idolatry – for that is the essence of idolatry – "I serve the idol/s (ego) so he helps me")