Ok, here's the thing.
I believe in a god, because most people grow up feeling some sort of connection to a 'divine being'. I believe that 'god' is a personal thing it changes for each person, and for this reason god is created by that sense in most people.... 'god' is an abstract concept, like time.
but... I can't follow a religion no matter how hard I try. I feel that to say that to have faith means you need to follow a religion is arrogant.... and thats why i hate the institution of the catholic church - nothing against the people, they're some of the loveliest bunch I've ever met - because it insists that you cannot have one without the other.
one more thing... I hate religion because I have seen so many people grow up without questioning - or at least thinking about the other side of the argument - and therefore they just ACCEPT what they have been told, and then how can we say our society is intelligent if they can't even think about the things they have grown up with.