I feel as though I am a faith based person.
I preached for 6 years (age 15-21), and learned the inner working of two different religious organizations. What I saw "God's mouth pieces" say, plan, scheme, etc, made me sick. So much control, power, and greed, is sad.
I believe in God. I believe that Jesus Christ is the son of God. I believe that the Christian way of life is a good path. I also believe that the Hindu, Jewish, etc, are good ways of life. I think a personal relationship with God is what is important. What you call it has no bearing on the matter.
People put to much emphasis on "religion", which is man made, and whenever man gets his hands on something, corruption has a doorway.
I know of a group that split because of an argument over baptizing someone in "The name of Jesus Christ" vs. "The name of the Lord Jesus Christ". This one word "Lord" cause a split and now two different organizations operate separately from each other. Sad. Very sad.
I could go on for pages, but don't feel like typing all of it. So I will leave it like this.... I am a Christian, trying to live the best life I can based on the teaching of Jesus Christ, not on man's interpretation of them. I do not need a man telling me right from wrong, I can read. I don't need a man pushing what he believes is right and wrong on me.
"And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity."