New player, Rogue religion and race question.

[itzmatt86]

As someone who is very unlikely to ever make it to the raid scene, would any race / religion combo be worth it to make cultural armor? At a glance I couldnt find anything that would be worth it, but wanted to make sure before i make him. Also on the topic, would I be gimping myself as a gnome i put points into strength? I was leaning more towards barbarian or dwarf, but gnomes are so cute.