>it is not the opinion or mainstream theology of the religions themselves, which is my point.
Depends what you mean. I described this take on the bible many years ago to my local minister, who was also the minister attached to my primary school and so would have been the person to give me my first bible, and he admitted that he was agnostic, but felt he did a lot of good in the community and if he went around telling people that he wasn't sure if God existed then they would probably stop listening to him.
