khandu, I'm an ex-Christian. I left it partly because of some of the same issues you've raised here.

Big Mick, I have to agree: "it is about attempting to imitate the life of Christ." That's what they said anyway.

The reason I finally turned my back on the religion (not the practices) was that I saw almost no one who was even trying. Many of them appeared to be actively trying to live their lives as LITTLE like the Carpenter as they could. And yet they still professed his name.

I know there are Xians who really do try to live like him. Presumably some of them are here. However, in my experience, they are far and away the exceptions to the rule.

I've found good things elsewhere. I won't be back. But it still makes me mildly ill to see some of the idiots who claim to follow him and instead are doing exactly the opposite of what he might've.

Blessed Be,
NightWing