i want a religion that encourages knowledge and question asking rather than blind faith. one that is spiritual rather than fundamentally religious,so far hinduism is the only thing ive found. i was born a catholic and no i will not go back to it.
Friend,
As per the scriptures, there are 4 spiritual paths which are authorized & recognized to help you achieve the desired goal - God consciousness.
These schools of religion encourage knowledge & questioning; rather than asking you to follow their path blindly.
They propagate true religion and not individual faith, falsely understood as religion today. Faith can change. Today I have faith in Buddhism, tomorrow it can change to Christianity, then to Hinduism and so on. But Dharma is spiritual. It is the nature of soul...service & inseparable from it.
Example: Sweetness is the religion of sugar. Even if I grind sugar, it's nature will not change. It will not say, 'you have ground me...I will become bitter'. No. Every particle will remain sweet. Similarly, service is the religion of soul. Which is eternal. We see all around us that everyone is serving someone or another. Husband serving wife, wife serving husband and kids. Servant serving master. Employee serving employer. Real religion is using that nature to serve God.
Below is a verse from a scripture: Garga Samhita to give you more insight.
vamanas vidhi sesah sanako visnu vakyatah
dharmartha hetave caite bhavisyanti dvijah kalau
visnusvami vamanamsas tatha madhvastu brahmanah
ramanujas tu sesamsa nimbaditya sanakasya ca
ete kalau yuge bhavyah sampradaya pravartakah
samvatsare vikrama catvarah ksiti pavanah
sampradaya vihina ye mantraste nisphalah smritah
tasmac ca gamanam hy asti sampradaya narair api
Vamana, Brahma, Ananta Sesa, Sanaka Kumara will appear as brahmanas by the order of Visnu for the preservation of eternal righteousness in Kali yuga. Visnusvami, Madhvacarya, Ramanuja and Nimbaditya will appear respectively as a portion of Vamana, Brahma, Ananta Sesa and Sanaka Kumara. These four saviors will be the establishers of the four authorised and empowered spiritual channels of disciplic succession in the period calcuated from the reign of King Vikrama [in 54 BC] subsequently through the 432 000 year cycle of Kali yuga. These four authorised and empowered spiritual channels of disciplic succession are to be fully accepted by all beings; as any word, combination of words pr formulation of sound frequencies, invoked or addressed, audible or inaudible, secret of revealed, ancient or contemporary outside their auspices prove to have absolutely no efficacy. (Garga samhita 10.61.23-26)
Also, from a scripture - Padma Purana:
sampradaya-vihina ye mantras te nisphala matah
atah kalau bhavisyanti catvarah sampradayinah
sri-brahma-rudra-sanakah vaisnavah ksiti-pavanah
catvaras te kalau bhavya hy utkale purusottamat
Any mantra that does not come in disciplic succession is considered to be fruitless. Therefore, four divine individuals will appear in the age of Kali to found disciplic schools. The founders of these four Vaisnava sampradayas are Laksmi or Sri, Brahma, Rudra and Sanaka Rishi, and the acaryas of the Kali Age who follow their lines will appear in the holy city of Purusottama in Orissa.
Also,
pradurbhutah kali-yuge catvarah sampradayikah
sri-brahma-rudra-sanaka-hvayah padme yatha smrtah
atah kalau bhavisyanti catvarah sampradayinah
sri-brahma-rudra-sanaka vaisnavah ksiti-pavanah
The founders of four sampradayas appeared in the Kali-yuga. According to the Padma Purana, they were Sri, Brahma, Rudra and Sanaka Rishi. There it is said, 'Therefore the Vaisnavas, Sri, Brahma, Rudra and Sanaka Rsi, will appear in the Age of Kali to purify the world by establishing the four Vaisnava sampradayas.
The same can be found here:
Sampradaya-Pranali
The authorized lineage of these schools can be seen at:
Four Authorized Successions of Disciples
In the end I will say that God has given us all a free-will. Even He does not interfere in our free-will. So think well and do what you like. 
