you can play word games all you like

I tell them I believe in multiple gods

otoh, i would accept nietzsche's statement that their was only one christian and he died on the cross

i'd also agree with CS lewis that islam is essentially a type of christianity

exactly

if muslims and baptists and catholics are christians then why would I want to let myself be part of that?

I would bend over backwards to distance myself from it

so I say I am a polytheist pro-polygamist who worships aliens

Etymologically, a Christian is a follower of Christ - technically speaking that is the only qualifier

then christians are not christian

if that is the case

Jesus said to do all the old testament stuff, so where is their polygamy?

where are their temples and sacrifices?

where are their prophets?

The New Testament does void a few specific Old Testament laws, like the food laws

yeah but Jesus said he is not come to destroy the law nor the prophets, but to fulfill them

so where are their prophets and laws

I honestly don't see any

Temples and sacrifices are generally understood to be no longer necessary after Christ, when it comes to American Christians - this is widely disputed throughout the world though

"generally understood"

so they just made it up

great

this is why I say I am not a christian

unlike christians I can actually read the book written about Jesus

Protestantism is made up, yes

I don't let my kentucky preacher read it for me and tell me what he wants

I listen to my polygamist mountain prophets talk about how the US government is evil

Catholicism as accepting potentially false documents, and could be made up as well

I think catholicism is the worst thing to ever exist

everything bad that currently exists I see as just a side effect of it

Of the 'big churches', I find the Eastern Orthodoxy to be the most reasonable, though it is not entirely true to the book either

I have no experience with orthodixies

They are mostly reasonable people

in what sense

They don't bend the scripture to fit their life

They just admit that they cant be perfect; asceticism within the church is the pursuit of a more holy life

In America, they would have us believe that Jesus sold Amralites out of a pickup truck to fight random desert people wars, because that is currently convenient to teach

Catholics did this all the time as well

"God told me we have to conquer this place"

catholics just made stuff up

they sodomized little boys, let POC in and torture killed anyone with an IQ over 95 or any other good traits