How many Christians are here?

I am a Christian. However, I don't attend church, because I'm not very social. On the other hand I keep God close to my heart. I am a sinner, and my heart is full of regrets. I feel that every day I find a new way to spit on all I have been given and I just can't turn back some things. So I feel the need for salvation. I believe Jesus came to earth to show us the dangers of ``amor sui', and is our savior. I certainly accept him as my savior.

Is anyone else here a Christian? I imagine most of you are atheists, agnostics or of other religions. This is ok with me, as I understand it is what is fashionable amongst young people these days. However, I'm always happy when I meet a fellow Christian in an unexpected place :)

Scripture is meant to be read philosophically, in all religions. Furthermore translation after translation has warped some of the meanings heavily.

English Bible(s) are a (many times not direct) translation of the Latin Vulgate, which is itself a translation of the Hebrew Tanakh.

Jewish folk are Semites, and most of their religion is taken from the beliefs of the inhabitants of ancient Iraq, which was called Sumer, and its people Sumerians. Related people are Akkadians, Babylonians, etc, which are even referenced in the canon.

Even the hieroglyphic-like alphabet of the Sumerians gives clues, such as the cuneiform "Dingir", which means both "Heaven/Heavens", "Deity/God/Gods", and "Star", consistent with their beliefs that their Gods came down from the Heavens/Stars, as well as words/names like "Adamu", which means "Created Man" (Adam being taken from this in Hebrew, which means "First Man"), and is the name in Sumerian mythology for the first man, created by "Enki", the creator god and inventor of civilization.

Think about the fact that the writing system of Sumerians existed about 4000 years before Christ was born, and most of their mythology / beliefs developed around that time as well, at most between 4000BC and 1000BC.

In conclusion, Christianity is only a modified version of Judaism which is itself a modernized version of Sumerian mythology, with some other elements throw in from various philosophies and religions around the world.

I much prefer eastern philosophies such as Taoism, it's mostly the "real" underlying message of all other religions but without all the deities and nonsense.