[Porsche-O-Phile]

Agreed. No religion has a monopoly on morality, much as they try to convince us they do.

FWIW I think Jesus was a man WAY ahead of his time and certainly one of the people in human history most worth listening to. There's a lot to be gained from his teachings. At the end of the day however, I feel he was just a man like you or I (perhaps with a few psychological problems) but with a great message and convinced he had to get it out there. The other stuff about divinity and heaven and hell and miracles and so-on, I have problems with, but if it makes the stories better, that's okay I guess - I guess one has to treat the Bible as fiction, not non-fiction, even though it's based largely on a lot of real people, situations, teachings, etc. There's probably quite a bit of made-up stuff in there too, but if it exists to make the core messages more understandable that's okay. Just too many people take it way too seriously.