# America needs to learn from Australia **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/america-needs-to-learn-from-australia/189724 **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic **Created:** [May 4, 2007, 6:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/america-needs-to-learn-from-australia/189724 "2007-05-04T06:09:42Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 16
### Author: ![imported\_showtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@imported\_showtime](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_showtime) #### Post date: [May 4, 2007, 12:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/america-needs-to-learn-from-australia/189724/16 "2007-05-04T12:18:24Z")
> [@Sahlen's six hours at the glen the 8th-10th of june](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sahlens-six-hours-at-the-glen-the-8th-10th-of-june/29415/10): > > Well you think I should give up on Christianity when I “grow up.” I don’t think a person has “grown up” until they understand their maker and his teachings. Clearly we are at opposite ends of that issue. see we are sort of on the same wave length… i have an understanding & i understand the teaching i think you use religion to do this… to learn & understand… like @ some point you should see that the bible is a tool used for learning to make yourself a better person…its not non-fiction its the same reason parents teach children fables… the boy who cried wolf, etc… you learn from it i think everyones grander purpose in life is to become a christ or “christ like”… help others, teach, be a good person, & the ultimate…self sacrifice…not to be confused with death which is the extreme used it the stories. but self sacfice can be anything from giving up your bus seat to a woman or older person, to risking your life to save someone in danger… i fell that the bible & other religious tools(books, churchs, etc…) are used to help everyone achieve this goal…but most people never get that far to realize it. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/america-needs-to-learn-from-australia/189724)._