There is zero evidence of a divine creator or of Jesus Christ

Is there historical evidence of the bible? And the man that lived on earth named Jesus Christ? Because if there is, maybe all of it is true ;)

Reading scripture is fine as long as you acknowledge that all of it was written mostly by man

That doesn't negate it. Do we negate science books because they are written by man as well then?

A fun discussion for sure. And I'm sorry to hear your experience in the Catholic church was so rotten. Sadly, that was an experience a lot of people had. But I am a Protestant Christian, and stay as far away as Catholicism as I can....For reasons you mentioned.