Is faith more important than religion?

I was having an argument with my friend between faith and religion. I told her that i do not worship god but i love him. I kind of prefer to have a father-son relationship or shepherd-sheep relationship. I also do not read or use the bible because they are guidelines. I kind of take the Angelou road with "You do not have to think about the right thing to do it. You just do it." She got a bit upset and said that i should follow the bible and that Jesus is gods son. She was starting to get red in the face and i changed the subject because I do not like to mess with peoples religion, but then i started thinking if my faith or my beliefs are a bit blasphemous. Can someone give me their thoughts because now im a bit muddled. Also if you do not want to answer the question and just comment about my ordeal please do, i just had to put something for a question.