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Yeah only in those times it was ok to kill them and now it's not is that what you're saying or are you saying the bible is wrong or that jezus was wrong or what.

Well religion is still getting too much i mean take usa as an example (senece we're all familiar with it). If religious institutions got taxed it would cover all the usa debut.

Actually god allowed a mess, he did give us limitations in several directions, so why not put just 1 more parameter in, to make everything better.

And yet we are still under the threat of hell. You can behave anyway you want but if you don't do this this and this you go to hell.

That's the mafia boss analogy, and it's exactly the kinda god I would refuse to worship even if i believed.

That's like me putting a gun to your head and saying, you have a choice give me 100$ or you die.
And if you give me 100$ I say you gave it freely.
And if you chose not to and i shot you its a suicide.

So actually religion demands you to surrender free will.

Wait, he didn't kill tax payers, they were just hated by everyone around them. Or what are you talking about?

Why should religious institutions get taxed? There are still some states who don't get sale taxed at all, like Oregon for example.

In what directions did God give us limitations? Can you be more specific? Still under the threat of hell? To go to Heaven/become a Christian, you just need to ask Jesus into your heart. If you mean "under threat of hell" as in Satan is still lurking around, well yeah, life's tough, Satan isn't going to give up w/o a fight, we have temptations every day.

Whatever, that is NOT the mafia boss analogy. If you get married, it's because you Love that person and choose to be with them, it's the same with God, if you believe and Love him, you choose to be with him, how is that like the mafia? Religion does not demand you to surrender free will, you choose you're not forced into religion. Is someone forcing you to believe in God, is someone forcing you to love others, is someone forcing you to do every action that you do or have ever done? No, you have free will. Yeah every nation has laws you have to follow, but you choose whether you want to follow them or not.

It's not in the Bible. It was coined by Augustine of Hippo and reaches in its modern form from Gandhi. It was to convey the idea of caring about a person despite not liking what they are doing, though it's more often used today as a catchphrase to justify demeaning a person while still claiming to "love" them.

Friend's of tax collectors were evil? Who said that? There are charity groups that are corrupt, like some of them do it for the money and "buy golden toilet seats" type of thing, but there are many who actually do do a good job, and not all are christian, so which charities are you drawing from?

So are you saying we're limited because we're not immortal? I believe that he didn't design our thoughts= we grew up in homes and react to how we were raised, that's why everyone is different. Yeah, ants do sacrifice and do good for the society, humans could be that way too, but many of us are too selfish, but it's not impossible. Many people do sacrifice their lives for the good of the society.

I don't really think Christianity is like the mafia. If you accept Jesus and follow "the rules", everything you said that is wrong with humanity wouldn't be as bad. No killing, not as much selfishness (though it can be hard), loving others, etc. And while there are many temptations, it's not a sin to be tempted, it's how you react to those temptations that matters.

I'm not sure if this is relevant, it kind of is, someone choosing between saving their son and letting a train full of people die, or saving the train and letting their son die:
http://www.godvine.com/A-Father-Faces-an-Unfathomable-Decision-Powerful-550.html

Here's the whole verse of Matthew 11:19=
"The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and "sinner." ' But wisdom is proved right by her actions."
People called Jesus a glutton and drunkard, and a friend of tax collectors. He was being a good person by befriending everyone but they tried to make him look bad, which they failed to do.

1. So do you mean charities like TOMS shoes, where when you buy a pair of shoes they send a pair to a kid in a different country? I'm sorry, but that's the only charity I know of. I know people who went on a mission trip to Ecuador, and they helped pass out TOMS shoes to kids, so that charity is real.

3. I didn't say God was a puppetmaster, please stop putting words in my mouth. I said He gave us free-will and made us choosing beings. Sadly, I haven' t seen the matrix. Can you explain the 3rd point some more, what you mean by paramaters and stuff?

4. Many people call themselves Christian, that doesn't mean they are, doesn't mean they really believe, but we can't know that for sure because we can't get inside people's head or truly know what they believe. I don't know why everyone does what they do, but if they're in jail and call themselves Christian, they are going to get judged by God. It says in the bible that if you are a leader who leads people into doing wrong things, they'll get punished worse than others. And not the "oh you're in prison now" type of punishment, but when they meet God face to face, he will judge them severely.

I went to a church last year where it was a popularity contest. It was all about image, and who LOOKED the godliest by attending every church event, showing off how involved they were, looking "perfect" because according to them Christians can't be sad. But it was fake, and you could tell. There were cliques and it was a popularity contest. Now I go to a church that is smaller, but you can feel the love of God, and it isn't about image or perfection, but about the relationship you have with God. So no, Christians aren't perfect.

5. What do you mean? Did you watch the vid? Sacrificing anything is hard, but a loved one is even harder.

That were not condemned for name calling...

They were condemned for ignoring the miracles Jesus did... rmcdra has already explained this...

Bringing people who are already Christians to church defeats the purpose.

When you die, the only thing you take with you is other people.