According to Osho, priests’ trade secret is fear—paired with greed. By terrifying people with hell, sin, and divine punishment (and dangling heavenly rewards), they make people obedient and exploitable—while becoming fearful themselves. True religion is freedom from fear and greed: existence is friendly, there’s no objective hell; heaven is a way of living now. Drop fear, love, and you escape their grip.
Priests scare and tempt people to control them; if you stop fearing and craving, you become free to love and enjoy life now.