It does not surprise, me when people say hindus worship animals, and over 30 million gods.!!! According to our Vedas, god is omnipresent, omnipotent, without start without end, beyond time n form. Comprehending this is one's goal in life. The simplification is universe is in you, look inside you self. All dieties and forms in whatever form figures and shape are tools of ones own choice, and beleif, to pray, concentrate and upgrade one's spritual intellect and realize SELF, the bottle line. Hinduism, is true democracy, which gives ones the flexibility to choose his own path, while respecting various other faiths, including aethism. Power, money and control over masess through religion have corrupted all religions. It is the EGO in ones mind, to prove that they are superior in whatever way, the root cause for all the troubles, and wars. This ego inherently, dividies people in name of religion, caste, creed, god's, political parties, states, lanuages, and whatever other ways possible. Bottomline, service to humanity is service to god.