Boss
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I find it fascinating that you figured out the organized religions are completely made up stories but you have somehow told yourself that this doesn't disprove god...
Why do you keep repeating this and claiming I said it? I don't know what is made up stories, they could all be entirely true stories. I said I don't believe them personally, that doesn't mean I think they are made up or untrue. Again... you are LIGHT YEARS away from being "just like" me.
Admit it. If you believed their stories you'd be saying you are a christian for fear of going to hell. The fact that you "don't personally believe them" is enough of an admission.
Of course you think they are made up. If not Jesus really said only through him can you enter the kingdom of heaven, and he performed miracles. If all that really happened, then you are going to hell for your beliefs. So you are not buying the christian story.
Oh, and I was looking for something that could teach you how to be a good person without god. God is unnecessary. Just follow these steps
How to Be a Good Person 28 Steps with Pictures - wikiHow
Take number 15 out. Says pray/meditate. That one is not necessary. But if people followed these steps they would be good people. The Bible/Koran are not doing a good job teaching people how to be good.
Too funny... you run and find a web page that tells you "how to be a good person" then you want to start modifying the list of things it says to do? Who the hell put you in charge of determining what is and isn't necessary to be a good person? Since when do we offer up links to support our views under the condition we can cherry pick the information to make it fit our view?
As for what I believe about the Bible/Koran, they are good sources for how to live a clean spiritual life, as far as I can tell. There are things in there that I consider to be allegory and metaphoric in nature because I believe that is how ancient people told stories back then. I find nothing in the Bible that refutes what I personally believe or my understanding of a spiritual God. Others may make a different interpretation, but I don't worry about what others think.
Look... I am not a Christian, if that were the case, I've condemned myself to hell by denying Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Why the hell would a Christian do that to fool someone on a message board? I respect their religion, I don't have a problem with what Christians believe... hell, maybe that's how God wants us to all believe? I don't know. What I DO know is, I make a connection with God and realize blessings from it. Take that for whatever it is worth.