@dan, I am very late in catching this post, but I have to upvote and say, very well said. I have held onto the title of christian but have long ago reconciled myself to the knowledge that people will mess it up. Too much personal interpretation of the bible, and often by people who haven't read it! I hold onto one thing as truth, my salvation experience. I don't know how many really remember, or have even had, that moment where you could feel a God and his love. What I do know is that is what should become the direction of any spiritual focus. I call it my filter of love, everything (can you believe I had to type everything 6 times before my fingers got back in line!!) goes through that, it lends perspective. I applaud you