@FBM,
Quote:One need not believe in any god in order to form loving bonds and feel compassion.
Yeah, and I get the feeling that this author may, in the overall context here, be trying to make the case that Christian ethics are worthwhile, whether or not you believe he was any kind of deity. That's the way Thomas Jefferson felt. He couldn't buy into the supernatural claims, so he cut all the reference to miracles and such out of his bible, but still felt it was very useful and worthwhile for "spiritual" guidance after that.
Quote:Jesus clearly tells us that love can transform human life
In the larger context (hard to tell, since we don't have it here), this guy's probably urging people not to "throw out the baby with the bathwater." Many people want to reject EVERYTHING in the Bible, simply because they don't believe it divinely inspired, etc.