"I can't speak for other religions but christianity is not based on trying to be a good person."

Why the Ten Commandments then? Why all the parables about how to live your life?

Truthfully, I can accept everything you said RA3 as an interpretation of the Bible. Based on that interpretation what image of God are we supposed to have? The one the Bible tells us to have? I thought the Bible is the word of God through Men? If Men are inherently flawed, shouldn't there be flaws in the Bible?

I know it probably comes across as heresy and I am doomed to eternal damnation but they are legitimate questions that make logical sense to me.

Religion is as dangerous a topic to get started on as any on this board. I tread delicately...