Religion is a man made construct, our ethnicity is who we are from a source point of view, colour, creed, mentality, location, etc. It is often intermingled and here lies the problem for many where repression as opposed to freedom is the norm.

God is pure love, but is your God pure love. This is discussed. People can be evil in themselves yet call themselves religious and by their own thoughts "good people" whereas in realty they are anything but.

Ethnicity can bring with it traditions and outmoded cultures that hinder and stagnate lives as opposed to giving them meaning and credence. Many who associate with various religions and their ethnicity often do so through indoctrination and by default suffer accordingly.