Questions for Christians

[JDubb]

Hondo and Eddie make very good points. I am like Hondo, I believe what I believe. I do not need religion to tell me how to be a good person, I know that in my heart. There are those that need religion. My mother-in-law needed religion because in a lot of ways religion helped define her as a person and as a Christian. I always struggled with religion and have a very very hard time with those that look at the bible as a "historical" document. As B said above; the bible was written by "man" (male or female, most were men) and was based on the time and customers of that time as a way to control the masses. The early Christian/Catholic church created the bible as we know it today because it help prop up their dogma and their version of religion.

I do not see religion as a good thing I see it as a very divisive force that is responsible for more harm/bad then good.