It is taken for granted that religion must do something for me. If, for example, "orthodox" Judaism says no to homosexuality, or says that men's and women's roles are differnet, and that set of morals does not click with my conciousness (which is informed by the society in which I live), then it must not be for me (it also may be questionable if it is for anyone else). What we have then is god being made in the image of man. If we accept that, then what is it doing for me anyway? I have spent a good deal of time thinking about what Christianity has for a person, I still haven't figured it out. I do know that, with the possible exception of academic circles, church going lends a person social credibility. This always reminds me of "conservative" Judaism where great emphasis is placed on going to Synagogue on Saturday, even if one must drive (and you are only allowed to drive on Shabbat to Synagogue, but, of course, such a "rule" is just asking to be broken). This is such a peculiar thing as the Torah (if we assume that "conservative" Judaism is based somehow on Torah) states clearly that lighting a fire is prohibited on Shabbat upon penalty of death (internal combustion is also fire), but nowhere in the history of Judaism has there ever been an obligation to go to a Synagogue on Saturday. But what does it do for me? Sadly, it seems to provide that same social image that the masses get from Christianity, all that with no pesky obligations to cramp my style.
But perhaps we are off the mark, to paraphrase - ask not what your religion can do for you, ask what your religion obligates you to do. Could it be that religion actually requires a person to act in his service to One G-d? To not only keep a moral law between people but also between man and G-d? Could religion be something beyond my personal morality, ever changeable, to be able to step into the eternal? Could it go beyond a country club mentality to encompass all of human existence?