My point was the portrayal of Jesus is also from a "book" and the first hand accounts you speak of are not only not recorded, but have been embellished (probably by this entity) for thousands of years, with numerous changes, additions, and deletions.

Further, the "character" displayed by Jesus in the Gospels is so different from the portrayal of the Father in the Torah that it's almost as if the original character was split, or had multiple personality disorder. The counterpart of course, being Satan. To me, it is somewhat illogical to believe in a story of a battle between pure good and pure evil, as we never see such a thing in the real world--rather these stories are almost always relegated to fiction. Stories aside, the truth of the matter is always much less black and white.

My goal has always been to point out that it is "team humanity" that we truly belong to, and what is best for our species in the true "good" in the world. An outside entity, of unknown veracity and power; whose main goal has been to change what we perceive as good, appears to be an enemy of our innate nature.

Human nature has progressed passed "animalistic behavior" not because of a higher power, or because of religion; but rather because of social evolution. Our global society benefits from cooperation, and this has been the driving force over thousands of years behind our ever increasing equality and liberty.