I am Jewish by blood, and though I was baptised when I was born, I identify myself as a Jew. Still, I am sure I fall into the bottom %10 of the worst Jews out there. I eat pork (and like it!), and don't go to Sabbath services (boooring!), and I question organized religion in general (just a big money-making scheme?). Still, I hang on to my.. er.. Jewishness.
Here's a funny idea. I like to believe that there's indeed a god, watching our every move, and giving us a helping nudge when we need it - but that god is grown inside us. Each one of us must cultivate our god, not by putting others down and smiting the heretics and holier-than-thou crap like that, but by being the kind of person you are happy with being, on the inside - then you're making your god happy too.
See, as far as I can tell, the holy books (Torah, Bible, Koran) were written with the intent of keeping the peoples' identity alive, because in those crazy times, human value was nothing. People had to stick together to survive, and survival usually meant that the other groups had to die. But those times are over, and we must use those books not to just stay alive, but as instruction booklets to help us live our lives happy, and bring a benefit to the human race.
This awful Jew, for one, is doing his best to be a good person, and to improve his life and that of others. I am happy with myself, and so is my little god.
Weird, huh?