I try not to, lol.
Yes, jesus's other message was a renewal of the teaching to love god, but what I was pointing out was the fact that I believe that nearly everything he said does not conflict with my views of morality, and are in fact great messages. Respect, love, and happiness are what everyone wants, and what everyone needs to give, but coming from a unique point of view, I disregard the fact that jesus was supposedly god in human form, because since there is no way to prove things one way or another, it's a moot point.
What does loving god mean? To love god is to give yourself to his commandments, which were given to us by jesus, and the ten commandments (although almost all of the old testament should NEVER be taken literally.) As far as I'm concerned, it's perfectly fine to believe in god, whether it's a personal god, the christian god, allah, yhwh, or any other god. If you need something that you can believe in blindly, then god is probably the best choice, but it's the people who either force their religion on others (jehova's witness and all the other evangelical churches anyone?) and the people who believe in the whole "if you do not believe, you are going to burn in hell" stuff who bug me most.
Sometimes I get sick of people lecturing me on jesus and such (a friend of mine in high school was one of those extremely religious people, but she was protestant, which I believe is better than roman catholic in most of their beliefs), but it's perfectly fine for those people to believe it, as long as it doesn't get in the way of living your life.
For instance, I am pro choice about nearly everything (I do draw a line on some things, there are times that things need to be heavily regulated). I am pro choice on abortion, voluntary euthanasia, and other subjects like that, because I believe that regardless of the moral circumstances, a person has the right to chose. A foetus is a potential human to me, and even though you are killing a person, taking away their future, they never had it to begin with. Yes, I am bothered by abortion, I know how it is performed, and it disgusts me, but even though it bothers me, this is a free country, and stuff like this should not be controlled by religion. Canada and the US are secular societies, and their laws do not need to coincide with the church, and even if I think something is morally wrong, does not mean that I am right, nor does it mean that they do not have the right to do something even though I believe it's wrong. I try to apply this ideal to every situation, though there are times where I think that things must be regulated.
To me, my "religious" ideas, and my political ideas are very close in nature, because in essence, they both deal with morality. I know this is becoming an essay, but I like being able to get this out someplace where I can express myself and expect criticism, not personal attacks. Every time someone criticizes my views, it allows me to look at what I have said, amend anything that I don't believe came out right, and review what I believe. I may say something differently, or I may change what I said altogether because of some flaw that you have pointed out. Sometimes I need criticism to properly help me express every facet of my views, and it's only in a mature place that I can actually do that, so I will thank you guys for not making a mockery of this thread, and for providing me with criticism, because I'm not perfect, I make mistakes, and I can' always express myself properly.
I know this seems poorly constructed as far as an "essay" is concerned, but this is the exact order that these ideas came up, and that's how I type. I have a hard time completely separating my ideas at times, because they just flow in my head...