I think that most people's problem is that they pick a religion and then try to find god in it. Rather, they should be convinced that there is a god, just by there own assessment of the world, and then try to find a religion. Unfortunately most people choose a religion out of tradition
for me, religion is not so much about whether im happy without it or not. rather, it is that if god exists, and he is all knowing (plus all that is speculated about him) and he has sent messages through scripture on how best to deal with human affairs, then i would like to practise.