>>>One word of advice. Source level semantics may be of use in a theology thesis, but my comment was typical of what many Christians would be comfortable with. Whether by Christianity we mean some God construction or what Christianity actually is, a collection of people, my observation, simplistic as it is, is valid in my opinion. <<<

The above is way more than one word. It is not phrased as advice. My point is that nearly every Christian repeats it every day. The idea that they do so thinking it means "it is our duty to forgive all the sinners even if they have not sinned against us" is pretty stupid.

Would you care to point us to some people who are "comfortable" with your interpretation? I thought not.

You opinion on the matter of "The whole Christian" ethos is every bit as valid as your assertion that the passage quoted above is "one word of advice."

"You then quoted the bible at me, thus reiterating that being a Christian is an important part of forgiving."

In summary, I did not quote the Bible to show that "being a Christian is an important part of forgiving." I quoted the Bible to show that forgiving was an important part of being Christian. Since a main question was "Am I a rubbish Christian?" I thought that the Bible, especially what Christ said about forgiving, was appropriate. You did not understand what he said or what most Christians believe, because they repeat it every day. I tried to explain it to you.