Other than this religious nonsense you go on about you seem to be a reasonable person and I get the impression you also lead a reasonable decent life; ask yourself what difference it would make to how you behave if you gave up that religion rubbish, other than free up some extra time for yourself?
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I have personally witnessed amazing transformations in people who have found God in their lives. Without my faith, I am certain that I would be a more self centred person. I know that there are many non believers who lead very good lives - some I would say better than mine, but with faith I am sure God would inspire everyone to make better use of their talents.
This example may seem trivial, but to me it is an indication of someone who has found God, and inspired to go that extra mile to help people. My wife and I were spending a week in the Taize community in France, along with two thousand other young Christians. One of the Taize brothers was appointed with the task of helping people with their travel arrangements on leaving. We were in a queue waiting for help with our own need to travel on to Grindelwalt in Switzerland. People ahead of us were of different nationalities, some with very complicated travel needs, and this monk seemed to delight in providing everyone with exactly what they needed. He appeared to have access to all European timetables for bus, train and flight times (before the internet!). And he had facilities for providing tickets! He dealt with everyone with a calm delightful manner, and everyone left with a smile on their face. We came away very happy with our bus and train tickets to Grindelwalt, and we had the same experience with the same monk each time we came over the next four years, but each time with a different travel destination. He had been doing this job every week over the years and it was still a delight to be served by him. We have had dealings with numerous travel agents over the years, but nothing came close to the free service offered in Taize.
