I'm happy with admitting that I don't know everything or have all the answers, Paul.

How about you?

I do not oppose science to religion/spirituality. I unite them into a single path of knowledge. I do oppose science AND rational spirituality, however, to the old traditions and superstitions that are clearly in violation of known scientific facts...as does any rationally objective human being. The spirituality that interests me has nothing to do with those archaic traditions and superstitions. It has to do with mastering my own consciousness and making it more positive. It has to do with becoming more forgiving, less reactive, more loving, less condemnatory. I'm not out to convert anyone to anything. I belong to no religious order or tradition or structure. I'm out to improve myself. Period.

Why do I talk about religion/science/spirituality here? Because I find the subject very interesting.

You said, " religion as it has been practiced for most of human existence "

Now, there's a glittering generality! ;-D What you really mean is "religion that fits the very pejorative definitions I like to give to religion".

Have you ever studied Taoism or Buddhism? Have you ever studied the spiritual traditions that are not built around a surrogate human-like god-deity? There are several such traditions in existence.