I disagree. I think a good religion needs to be based in truth. I can have huge amounts of faith and good feelings in a set of beliefs, but if those beliefs are based on lies, then it has profited me nothing. Having faith is not enough, it must be put in the right place in order to be effective. There must be action to faith, or it is dead. Life can only come from life. It would be meaningless for me to worship a god that was inanimate, imaginary, or dead.
I believe that there is truth that is truth for all people, in all places, and at all times. More than that, there is a God that is true and unchanging, who can be known and relied upon to follow through on His promises. I have no use for a god or a religion that changes to suit my mood. That's the kind of dangerous behavior that results in Christians feeling justified in preaching hatred (Westbourough Baptist), robbery (most televangelists) or practicing genocide (the crusades). God (the basis of truth) must exist apart from my feelings about Him, whether or not I like Him.
Think people want a belief system that adapts to them because it is comfortable. Hearing that you're a sinner and condemned to an eteernity in hell can be a bitter pill to swallow, especially if it is untempered by an understanding of God's nature and character. That's why Christians get comments like "(Christians) thinks gays are the devil." Jesus didn't come to condemn the world, but to save it. But because the truth is unchanging, God requires us to change and adapt to Him. Not because He hates us, but because He loves us- even when we don't deserve it (Romans 5:8).
A lot of people have a hard time accepting God as a loving, father-like figure. I think that's mostly because we don't like admitting that we need help. It's better on the ego to say that all the answers exist inside of ourselves, or in nature, or in anything other than an all-powerful being that we would have to surrender our lives to. That jump causes many to stumble. The good news is that we can get to know God before we take any kind of "leap of faith."
Trying to put it in a nutshell: Truth is absolute. God is truth. God is love.
To backtrack a bit, there are a few topics that I change my mind on from time to time. Currently I believe that there is no absolute truth, everything is relative. And even things that are true, are only true in certain situations under certain conditions and are lies in other situations under different conditions. But those are my feelings today ask me in a month I might be back believing in absolute truth.
Also the psychedelic research they did in the 60's has been slowly restarted in some parts of the world, some of that research deals with the religious/spiritual experience some people undergo under these substances and how it compares to natural occurring religious/spiritual experiences and how do both affect a person's life. Some cool stuff to look up if you are interested.