I don't think it's weird, and I think you might be surprised at how many believers share your distaste for religion.
Religion is, in MY OPINION, a way to demonstrate your system of belief, as defined by a group of like-minded people. If you are not in agreement with the way a particular religion demonstrates its faith, I think it would be hypocritical to designate yourself as a member of it. You must define your own relationship the higher power you believe in. There are probably bits and pieces that religions can contribute to your perception, but in no way should you feel obligated to label yourself in any way.

Religion at it's best is organized and formalized spirituality -- a well designed path for spiritual development that has been refined and honed over the years.

Religion at it's worst is brainwashing, suppressive, and provides the basis for violence, evil, and oppression.

So I think it's a mistake to just despise religion out of hand: the passion with which you hold that view will preclude you from seeing both sides, which is important if you want to understand anything thoroughly.

Also, just a footnote: belief in God is not a requirement for all religions, so there's a bit of cross-talk in your question: you can have religion without a belief in God, you can have a belief in God without religion, you can have spirituality which includes or does not include God and omits religion, etc. The range of possible variations on these elements is pretty wide.

That's not weird at all. That's true faith. Your beliefs are what matter... not some system of worship.

Very normal. You hate "man-made" organized religions, dogmas and doctrines. Me too.

No, it's not wierd. I feel the same way and know many others who share this view.

I think it's pretty normal.

I think religion has more to do with rules than with God, so I choose not to be a part of it. But I do believe in God.

Normal, or should be, anyway. Religion is philosophy - not God. Organized religion seems to work against God sometimes. It gets in between God and people, IMHO.

I think it's normal and part of the spiritual evolutionary process. Someone once told me to think of religion and spirituality like seeing someone pointing at the moon--the pointer being religion and the moon, spirit. Instead of looking where the hand is pointing--the moon--we become enamored with the pointer. We can become bogged down and enamored with the "rules and regs" and forget what those point toward--spirit. Instead of a path, it becomes the end result to many.

I think faith is what you believe in personally - and that communion that takes place between you and who or what you believe in. Religion is something created by man for man - the rules, the dates, procedures, things to say and eat - all those I think people create for themselves and choose to believe that in conjunction with a faith. I'm with you - I believe in a higher being but I find that religion is too tied up in falsities and politics and just plain unreasonable practices.

IF TWO persons were arguing over which is the true religion, and asked you to sit as ‘judge’ to determine who was right, would you want to do so? if so Those who are sincerely searching for truth generally recognize that there must be a God and that he reasonably would reveal his will and offer answers about why we are here, what life means and what the future holds for us. A religion that teaches lies cannot be true. The greatest prophet that ever walked on earth stated: “God is a Spirit, and those worshiping him must worship with spirit and truth.”—John 4:24Obviously it would be impossible to study all the thousands of religions inside and outside Christendom before making a choice. However, if—as Jesus said—we use truth and fruitage as touchstones, it is possible to identify true religion.