I'm Not "anti"- Christian

i think that the bible is nothing more than a storybook...it'd be the same as building a church around aesop's fables to me... you might want to try going to http://beliefnet.com and taking their belief-o-matic quiz and get an idea of what it is you do or don't believe...it's very confuzing for a lot of people, so many of us are raised to believe a different way but then we start forming our own opinions or have experiences that teach us better than what we were taught... I apparently am a liberal quaker according to them...i didn't know quakers still existed, lol. I don't even know where the heck i would find another quaker to convene with...i am not so convinced i am even a liberal quaker though because there's a few things i don't agree with...but what i do like is they believe that anyone can believe whatever they want and it's still okay. they don't have church, they just have meetings where people can talk about whatever they feel like talking about.

The difference between the bible and history- is that history has been accurately documented from evidence. Portrayed through the years and recounted through millions of books. I have yet to see anything evidentiary from the bible..it's a story- a well loved and well believed one nonetheless. The only thing historical was that it was adopted by religious sects. There isn't even an author of the bible... Take what you want from the bible but if you say that it is possible that events took place and Jesus was awesome- then loosely you do believe in god. But choose not to base your whole life around it, you just take what fits you and go with it. So you do believe some of it- it's not a bad thing it's just who you are.

I say to each his own I believe in God with all my heart but I don't put people down cause they don't we will all have to answer for our own on judgement day

Your point is taken on my side. We have all our different point of view on things in life , religion, God, the bible, etc. We have all the right to say what we feel about it and I believe what your saying is just how you believe in and I understand your way.

It is just that you are belittling us who believe in God and in Jesus Christ. It does take faith and it is hard, I mean keeping yourself from temptation is very hard in this day and age. And if you think that the Bible is just a history book, you should really read the Proverbs. It gives quite a lot of advice. You do not get that advice in a regular History Book, do you, just examples of what a great man did or did not do. There are evidences that what happened in the Bible did happen, but if you wanted proof that these events in the Bible happened, why is it that you will believe what is written in the History books, even ancient history about the ancient Greeks and Romans and not that of the Bible? Seems you are choosy about your facts. Oh and there is the Ten Commandments, telling people to worship God, not conduct adultery, not to steal or murder, etc. I wonder if you live your life so you do not do those horrible things or do you choose not to murder, yet steal, not to cheat on your spouse, and yet to make sure your neighbor is not as successful?

The problem is that there are many who think and believe that they must base their lives on the Bible. And that some of them take anyone who questions this practice as an attack on their religion. It is sad when people take what you are saying the wrong way.I am not a Christian but I do believe that there was a teacher named Jesus.He just isn't my G-d but He is G-d to others.

I've never seen you as being offensive when you're simply stating your personal view on things. I worry about this one too sometimes, actually, because I've had people I was talking to about religion become very offended and think I hated Christianity or something just because I'm not a part of that religion. I'm not "anti-Christian" either, just "non-Christian".

Don't worry. YOu didn't offend me, at all! There IS a lot of history to the bible, and some of it can be proved that it happened. It's interesting to say the least. However, I don't really like what my husband and I call, "Holier than thou bible humpers." I believe in a higher power, but I dont go around forcing it on everyone else.