For some reason I thought you were a closet Muslim before this haha. You believe in a higher power, daily meditation, the fasting, the not drinking, the charity all you need to do is go to Mecca and you would have completed the 5 pillars of Islam haha. Sunni and Shia are the two sects you speak of, there is also tension between the Muslim spiritual Mystics (sufis) and the so called Othodox (Salafi). Muslims believe in Jesus as a prophet of God not 'God-man'. But I do agree the church is generally crap there is some good in the bible the Sermon of the Mount is beautiful piece of literature. Keep truckin' Jeff.