I will caveat this by saying there was a point in my life when I was religious. However I now just feel religion is created by men; about men for men.
I look at women around me who are friends and religious, and their religion oppresses them. Much more than men.
I want to believe in God, or a higher power. But nothing in this world leads me to think there is a God as such. Granted I think there is energy, something out there perhaps connected to our ancestors or the Earth.
Religion to me seems about control, rituals, even having spent time around people of multiple faiths, in their holy buildings - I feel something, I hear a hymn, a call to prayer, I’ve sang I a church congregation. I’ve sat in Temples, I’ve been in Muslim countries and heard the prayers, I’ve experienced and read about a number of faiths. To the extent they all say pretty much the same thing, but I cannot believe in God.
I also feel faith holds people back. I’ve seen a lot wrong done by very religious people.