One of the things that I find laughable about christianity is the bible itself...
Jews: Our god yahweh is the supreme god, and we are his people. he will save us from this hellish world when he sends his messiah. these laws and parables shall be used to govern our people as well as teach our people how to serve the god we have chosen to follow.
Others: What!? that's not fair, why do you get to be saved?!
Jews: because we're his chosen people.
Others: Well yahweh said we can come to if we accept the messiah. There's a rabbi named Jesus, and he says we can come with you.
jews: thats not our messiah and it's pronounced Yeshua...
Others: whatevs... we're gonna write a new book. yours is the OLD testament. Remix!!!! featuring Jesus.
they're like kids arguing in a sandbox...
To me, no real God, in his right mind, would allow his son to be tortured to death, to pay for our sins. If Jesus was the illegitimate son of Mary and Joseph, how can he be the son of God? God is not, nor has he or she ever been a sperm donor nor with child.The New Testiment reads like a screwed up fairy tale, written by some dude on Opium. As for the Old Testiment, it is more believable...not full of contradictions. I have been a lifelong athiestI, refusing to believe in a superior being. I believe originally we came from another planet, brought down by Aleins and left to fend for ourselves.
Just a way of being special. The rest of it is thinking we needed it. Now its all about money...