Like Joe, I am "not so sure that I would recommend that anyone practice a religion", but I can recommend everyone to explore her or his identity, in the sense of my (weaker and more abstract) notion of religion. Those who feel obliged to cut off their own roots completely cannot possibly be successful with that; a personality can never be based solely on some verbal doctrine, such as science, codified ethics, or any sort of scripture or ideology. The residual root fragments will sprawl uncontrolled, often causing the person to feel miserable. Even intelligent people may well end up being worse oppressed than previously.

Sharing a religious context ("a religion") should not exclude criticizing each other's ideas and practices. Conflicts are inevitable.