There are some excellent guidelines to living decently to be found within the writings of many religions, including the New Testament. And also some extremely beautiful and moving mystical writings too. Try the deeply spiritual writings of the Christian mystic Meister Eckhart for example. Unfortunately for him the Pope tried him as a heretic. Bummer. Jesus amongst others is of course a good example of a guy who made some pretty decent suggestions, much of it in line with Buddhist philosophy. Such a pity that the Church went on to completely ignore those dead simple guidelines in favour of centuries upon centuries of monstrous policies of hatred, torture, extortion and murder. May Christ forgive me, for not really liking some of the organisations that chose to lay claim to him as a figurehead, and the crimes they went on to claim to commit on his behalf. But then, I don't think Jesus had a lot of say in all this, after all I always had the idea he never even wanted to start a new religion at the time he was alive, let alone posthumously. Spiritual people can also have a sense of humour. And personally, my guess is that after all the unbelievable bullshit that's been perpetrated in his name, Jesus could no-doubt do with a bloody good laugh, just like the rest of us...