Brave New World: So, the book is equating organized religion to soma?

Soma is used by the government in Brave New World to oppress the people by keeping them in an ignorant bliss. Yet in the novel, Mustapha Mond equates soma to Christianity: "Christianity without tears, that's what soma is."; In this quote Mustappha Mond says that taking soma is much easier than being in a religion. When in a religion a person has to go through hardships to get what soma gives easily, happiness. But soma is a false happiness, and even oppressive to those who take it. Using Linda as an example, soma, more quickly, kills its user the more the user takes it; the happiness is short and cheap. And soma oppresses the population by keeping them in a childlike state of mind, making people seek an easy way out.