Ok I'm going to be stoned but...
religion was made up by people. Created to get people together to meditate. When you pray as as group you all release energy through this ritual.
It has nothing to do with GOD. My people are aware of energy and creation but not the junk it says in the Bible. AGAIN the Bible was written by people.
I've read the Bible thouroughly, many times it is a great book and a wonderful guideline by which people should lead their lives but "GOD" is in everything you hear, read, smell, wear. Any organized religion is a sham and used a way to control and surpress individuality and creative growth.
I greatly urge all of you to sit under a tree and close your eyes and relax. You'll soon start to feel everything around you and realize that you are GOD and the DEVIL just like that tree and the grass are both the creator and the destroyer, etc etc.