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Originally Posted by Highbinder

Okay I might very well get flamed for this, and I'm the first to say that my knowledge of religion/christianity/the bible isn't as much as others but perhaps less emphasis should be placed on the church and the bible as they are mens constructions, and asuch can be violated and corrupted and more on the following, on the mimicking, of Christ - as a good person,

In the incarnation, Christ's divine, non-differentiated impartial love acts as the exemplar for human, partial love.

Are there any jewish people here? I read a book called Everyman's Talmud, it goes over the stuff in the Talmud with extracts and suchlike. Anyway theres this one page and its a story that sums up - to me - the entireity of what religion should be.

Simply put (I can't remember exactly how it goes) the story is:

Theres a man who wanted to be taught the faith, but of the teachers he requires them to stand on one foot while he's being taught. The Rabbi cannot do it, until one appears, who, standing on one foot says: 'What is hateful to yourself, do not to your fellow man'

What more to it is there than that?

Probably, however, Jesus did not exist!

It is logic that tells us to not do hateful things to our "fellow man"... Why? Evolution! We are group animals, in order for a group to survive everyone must look out for everyone else. This is proper, natural, and a product of our evolution. Religions do not need to tell us the obvious, perhaps they once did, but that time has long since passed.