>Pray to your idol
>Jesus commands you
>Pray for your sins you have committed and are going to commit.
>Pray for your redemption before my day of judgment comes upon you.
>my message of love and light as is the only TRUE message and all the rest are shills
Exactly this is what religions do, and is the control system as you properly described it. Spirituality, however, is purely an inner discipline with wonderful outward consequences, it requires exactly no external idols, only love and wisdom. Exposure to certain information can lead you there, or not, as (somewhat ironically) this passage from the Bible says:
Matthew 7:6
“Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces."