I know I'm late (PC was sent for repairs and I was trying to work on my games backlog ), let me say about this, Tom Araya, vocalist and bassist for Slayer is a religious individual:
As for actually contributing to this thread (and to be honest, after reading what you guys have posted, I feel way too stupid to participate here ): I was raised by a Catholic father and a Christian mother, while the rest of the family takes each of their traditions and whatnot very seriously, I stopped believing in god a while ago. I like the philosophies of some religions and stuff, and recently I began reading the Poetic Edda, which contains stuff from Norse traditions and stuff, from that, what I really liked is the Hávamál that contains "phrases" or "sayings" cool stuff really, if you can I suggest reading it. Here, part of it:
Cattle die,
kinsmen die
the self must also die;
I know one thing
which never dies:
the reputation of each dead man
So yeah, I still feel like most of you are way too smart for me (Edit: Which may or may not be obvious... ), but I also felt like just posting that bit about Slayer wasn't enough...