I believe in spirituality, I believe in myself, and I have a moral compass, but I don't need some dude who got nailed to a cross to save me, I can do that myself, just fine..
But organized religion, and christianity is one of the most destructive organizations on the planet. For a group that bases itself on "love", its sure easy to kill some body or belittle them if they don't agree with you. Christianity forces itself upon those who do not share the same belief structures or simply do not care.
Yeah, sadly I agree with much of what you've said. (Probably not the part about being one of the most destructive organizations on the planet. LOL) In my post above I was just trying to mention what some people have the great good fortune to experience. If you can believe that--that some Christians experience the Holy Spirit--it might help explain why some Christians are so vehement in their convictions. It might also might help explain why Christianity hasn't died out over the past two thousand years.
I've actually had one of those Holy Spirit encounters. Enough to feel a surprising "Deja Vu" thing while attempting to read some of the new testament and be able to pick out the inaccuracies.
Still, I cannot rule out the possibility that God is both man made and also can exist through some sort of time warp.