Do some research. Check out The Council Of Nicea! It's a tool to control people. Religion is a tool to control people. Spirituality is fine, but go the Krishnamurti way, huh? "Truth Is A Pathless Land". Travel inward. Everyone is different, and they have their own reason for being there.
You don't need a priest to talk to Source. You can do that with no intermediary. Everything is part of Source. Everything is alive on a subatomic level.
So give the Deva, plant, and animal kingdoms their due. You're no better than they. After all, everything is from the same Source, so that makes everything equal, no?