Well, Joe, I agree with what you say (for the most part) but I sure do feel as though you're painting a more "fundamental" Christianity with a very broad brush, condemning it, distancing yourself from it...

...in the very same manner in which you obviously feel your own Christian views are being condemned, painted with that same broad brush, and distanced from by those by whom you wish to be thought well of here.

ironic, ain't it?

It's not to say you're not a thoughtful guy. You seem to be exceedingly so. But you are really trampling and mischaracterizing a lot of good people that I know and love.

It's a tough thing to carry the baggage of the people who claim to be your brothers -- and walk beside them -- when you see everyone else bearing only their own (individual) baggage (are judged on their own merits).

I guess it would be too hard to explain/describe yourself without condemning others. The shortcut is too attractive.