Acharya Prashant highlights the absurdity of mixing religious rituals with scientific phenomena, noting that while people once sought priests for medical cures, modern society recognizes this as superstition. He argues that for matters concerning the environment and gases, one must consult scientists and research journals rather than religious figures or unverified sources like YouTube and WhatsApp. He critiques the pseudoscientific claim that rituals like sacrificial fires can purify the air or protect against poisonous gases, pointing out that burning materials like ghee and wood actually produces carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and sulfur oxides, which contribute to climate change and air pollution. He emphasizes that air is a mixture of gases with a specific composition, and adding more combustion products does not lead to purification. Acharya Prashant further explains that religion has been degraded to crass materialism by those who use it to explain physical or chemical processes. He asserts that the rightful domain of religion is not material science, oxidation, or fire, but rather the study of the self. True religion deals exclusively with the question of the 'I' or the ego—understanding what it is, why it suffers, and how it can be liberated from that suffering. He concludes that any religious discourse focusing on material claims instead of the liberation of the ego is not true religion but a form of tribal superstition.