The innate human desire to revere rulebooks, and to exalt the rules of one's own tribe over those of another, usually triumphs over genuine spiritual insight.
Most of us never lose the desire to build a tree fort and put up a "No Gurlz Alowed" sign - we just shift it to the church. ;)
Yep,
“The Visible Voice of the Author” is what I call it—
(IOW, if I was writing a holy book, you’d find lots of recipes and pet stories).