Religion is the vehicle to God...
See, that's nonsense. If God is omniscient and omnipotent, then he is everywhere. In every particle of the universe he exists. He is as much inside the house of worship as he is inside an ocean trench. God shouldn't need a car to come to you, the faithful, because he's inside you already. A priest is, thus, useless, because he is no more filled with His presence than you are.