bill Nye plays the Devil's advocate with this stunning analysis

[BenM]

My grandfather was a fairly prominent christian theologian, and anyone interested should read some of his works. I think I still have some of them around the house if anyone is interested. I am agnostic, btw.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Wilhelm_Frei

[Farbin Kaiber]

WRONG. Jesus Christ just so happens to be the most recent version of this story.

Do some research, look further back. Many other figures present themselves with the same story. Born of a virgin, performed miracles, crucified, resurrected.

This is sheer ignorance. Do you believe in anyone that claims to be god?

What about all of these guys? Oh wait, you probably just never heard about them.

Chrishna of Hindostan
Budha Sakia of India
Salivahana of Bermuda
Zulis, or Zhule, Also Osiris and Orus of Egypt.
Odin of the Scandinavians
Crite of Chaldea
Zoroaster and Mithra of Persia
Baal and Taut, "The only Begotten of God", of Phoenecia
Indra of Tibet
Bali of Afghanistan
Jao of Nepal
Wittoba of the Bilingonese
Thammuz of Syria
Atys of Phrygia
Xamolxis of Thrace
Zoar of the Bonzes
Adad of Assyria
Deva Tat, and Sammonocadam of Siam
Alcides of Thebes
Mikado of the Sintoos
Beddru of Japan
Hesus or Eros, and Bremrillah, of the Druids
Thor, son of Odin, of the Gauls
Cadmus of Greece
Hil and Feta of the Mandaites.
Gentaut and Quexalcote of Mexico.
Universal Monarch of the Sibyls.
Ischy of the island of Formosa
Divine Teacher of Plato
Holy one of Xaca.
Fohi and Tien of CHina
Adonis, son of the virgin Io of Greece
Ixion and Quirinus of Rome
Prometheus of Caucasus

This will help you get the ball moving. Just food for thought. DO NOT take everything from this video for face value, do some research yourself. Look up the facts that this video presents yourself.

Ohhh, you break out with Zoroastrianism. These people, (humans) claim to be Prophets, devine speakers of their god's words. People who claim to be God are a different thread to get into all together.

[s0urce]

Ohhh, you break out with Zoroastrianism. These people, (humans) claim to be Prophets, devine speakers of their god's words. People who claim to be God are a different thread to get into all together.

Negative, not everyone in that list. Jesus belongs on this list as well. Watch the video

[eric (^__^)]

Nope, but I don't found my faith on others opinions, just what I feel. So , it really does not matter what the blathering guy thinks, his relationship is his onw issue, I don't worry myself with that.

Then we agree completely. I just wonder why you feel that keeping God in your rolodex makes your life any better. I remember being told that you had to keep serving God all the time, because if you didn't you were just using him when you needed him. A "fairweather" friend as it were.

I think some people do this, abuse God's services and then feel guilty for it, because their faith is not accompanied by appropriate levels of "works." Then there are those who believe they are abusing God's influence and don't feel guilty at all. If these people hadn't found God, their personality flaws would manifest in other ways, we can be certain of this.

I just don't think it's healthy for us to believe that there's this omnipotent being staring at us all the time. I think that the belief in God, or the search for God, is a by-product of self-awareness. Some people don't seem to be able to express certain aspects of their own human experience and maybe when they're saying "God helped me, it was a miracle" they're really saying "I don't have the self-esteem required to tackle sticky situations and I shouldn't be called upon to do that again"

I'm just totally fascinated by the psychology of religion.