@neologist,
It's not that you 'listened.' It's that you were brainwashed like the majority to believe in one god. I consider that one of the natural phenomenons of human life; the need to seek and find some director of your life.
It's not necessary to reinvent the bible; that's been done by people like you who make new translations to meet your own needs. It's really funny to watch, because you make it so obvious!
I don't need the crutch of any god or gods. It's been proven through research at Stanford and Yale universities that third party prayer does not work.
I know my life is what it is from the time I'm born, what I perceive to be my life experiences, and when I die. That's the totality of all life on earth. It's really a simple concept that not many humans are willing to accept. Most need an omnipotent, invisible, god to direct their lives.
That's life!