Personally, don't care for religion; too many ugly things done in the name of religion... faith and God is a whole different thing, at least for me.
Mostly soured on religion because of the notion that having "a close personal relationship with God" somehow requires me to go through an intermediary — also known as a priest/pastor/preacher/bishop — in order to have that relationship.
Of course, religions as community organizations can be a positive in the lives of those who need that.
Yup!
Which is why when you start reading about history and how the 'church' decided what was acceptable and what was not when it came to God....Things really start to make sense.