Indeed. I've tried many religions before settleing on agnosticism, I never tried scientology however. The best religion I came across in my life was Buddhism, because it was the most free. I've been Christian, Protestant, Satanist, and quite a few others that slip my mind at this time (it is quite early here and I should be still sleeping haha), but experience is the best teacher when it comes to religion. However, I also agree on the 'why should we pay to believe' thing too, the one thing I never understood about religion is the money plate 'going towards the church' and going to the church months later and it is still in shambles much like it was when I started going. I'm not here to force my ideas on anyone, but in general religion has caused more turmoil than it has done good (for the most part), not every religion but a lot of them are the cause for war, bloodshed, and pillageing of several villages throughout the course of history.