Faith and religion all depend on what you put into it. You are not going to feel the Spirit if your parents made you go and you didn't really give yourself to it. I've been reading alot of posts in the "what has God done for me" fashion. Well What have you done for him? People wonder why our government is soo fucked up, but it is because of those attitudes. All people care about is what the government is going to do for them, whether it be welfare or health care. If everyone actually put something into them we might be get some where(after we rid corruption and worthless politicians).
Even if you don't believe in God religion it does make the world a better place. What would the world be like if the only thing stopping people from committing crimes was the local law?