you made a huge assumption at the start - i was not raised christian, nor any other religion.

i kind of implied that early on, though maybe you missed it.

also, you seem to make no distinction between Jesus Christ the man and saviour, and the church, which you have rightly said has not acted on behalf of God or Jesus since the first century.

wow, corruption by men of pure ideals eh, who'd have thought?

well, Jesus - talked about it in the new testament on many occasions, as did His disciples.

i'm just guessing,. you've never actually read/ studied the bible for yourself have you?

so everything you believe is from what others have told you, and how the churches have horrible represented Christ?

i was the same as you until a few short years ago, but then i read it for myself.

my faith is of no concern to anyone else at all. you have a very distorted view of Jesus-ism i'm afraid, but i imagine you prefer to go on hating and not knowing, rather than finding out the truth?