Oberon's blog quote really hits the nail on the head. Maybe the blogger was a carpenter too. Bible based religions aren't based in a faith in God or his son. They are based in an almost rabid belief in an incomplete book that was translated and pieced together by men with an agenda. In other words it's of the world.
Many of the teachings of Christ found in this book were based heavily in metaphor and parable. The people of today know very little of the history of the days when the twelve wrote their epistles of the life of Christ. There are also numerous translation errors in the Old Testament. Which is just a history of the Hebrew tribes of Israel. Again, People today try to apply those stories to modern times and it's like comparing a modern jet to the airplane invented by the Wright brothers.
All you really need is the faith of a Mustard seed. Not a modern literal translation of an ancient text molded (badly) to fit a religious doctrine.
It's no wonder there are so many people running around dazed and confused.
