I used to be very turned down by religions, but eventually I saw there was great beauty in their art and their holy books, and realized that what bothered me was the way their practitioners and leaders have mishandled the knowledge handed to them by their ancestors. All religions have magnificent mythologies, they're all built on powerful codes which correlate to one another regardless of location, most of them have extremely refined aesthetics and their sacred texts can all be read for their narrative worth, poetry and alchemical/occult references.
Lovely post, man. I think it deserves more attention!