Why are most therapists non-religious?

I know a lot of T's that are spiritual in some way. Also, a lot of MH professionals will suggest church as a safe place to get yourself from isolating. The last two I've known specifically, one believed in a higher power but did not call it God. The last one, I believe, belongs to a Universalist Church.

My current T has never stated her beliefs. I don't normally ask about her personal life and she has never pushed sny religious/spiritual belief on me.

My T has been very careful not to express any judgement, and emphasises that a significant part of training is in being non-judgemental. Judging by the T has no place in therapy.
It is something we discuss occasionally because I have issues with being judged.

Therapy in itself is quite spiritual and to some spirituality is correlated with religion. To me they are worlds apart but that's just me. We are doing a module in college which many therapy schools ignore- it is psychosynthesis and is all about our souls and spirituality. Again this could be construed as religion as a lot of people I know lump the two together, person centred therapy has a whole spiritual/ religious side too and many books have been written on the subject!

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My T has never mentioned religion and I am glad, Religion I don't do at all.

I don't know many psychiatrists and I don't know any of them intimately enough to know their religious views, but I know several psychologists who are Christian. In fact, it's interesting to me how I'm an atheist and my psychologist T is a Christian. I don't think there is a relationship between any of these professions and religious views, but my belief is that any mental health professional should respect your religious views and not impose theirs.

True, but I think it's also a matter of culture. In countries with much diversity, religion does involve quite a bit of self-disclosure, it is understood as an intimately personal choice and maybe it is easier to follow professional guidelines not to bring it to clients.

In my country, however, a lot of people are Orthodox Christians. It's so blended with our cultural context that people normally expect you to be an Orthodox Christian without even asking, in my experience. I have met therapists who actually bring this to the table as a help in therapy - some in an open way just asking if religion might help, others rather bluntly and stating things about God as facts. I think in our culture it seems more accepted for someone (even a therapist) to bring up this subject than it is elsewhere. At least, my experience with religious therapists has been much better and non-discriminatory (I am an atheist myself) than my experience with other categories, such as teachers I had back in high school.