text:  If I don't perform, then I'm not going to be accepted by God. Second of all, it's always focused on rules and rituals to please God. I've got to follow all the rules and I've got to go through the rituals. Whatever my religion says the rituals are, I better make sure I'm doing all the rituals and I'm following all the rules or otherwise I'm going to be in trouble. Thirdly, it's fear-based. It's insecurity-producing.