You have stated clearly that you have rejected Christianity because of the negative influence of Christians (like me) in your life.
So this is what I want you to verify, or explain for me (and anyone lurking)........
You, orionblamblam, have rejected Jesus Christ, God incarnate, holy and sinless, who suffered, bled and died on a cross because of His love for you, orionblamblam.......who was buried in a tomb for three days, and arose from the dead.......who lives today at the right hand of His Father, waiting for you, orionblamblam, to accept His unending love for you.
You have rejected all of this because of me, and others like me? Is that what you are saying?
If not, please......without insults and evasion........explain what you really meant.
> you have rejected Christianity because of the negative influence of Christians
That was one major reason, yes.
> You, orionblamblam, have rejected Jesus Christ
No. There's a difference between not accepting as fact and wholly rejecting.
> explain what you really meant
It's really quite simple.
1: Claim is made that the Bible is Without Error
2: However, taken literally (as opposed to allegorically) the Bible is CHock Full O' Error
Conclusion: somebody is lying to me. Either it's a lie when they say the Bible is error free (in which cas ethe Bible is nothign particularly special), or they are lying to me when they say that Creation and Noah myths are not allegory but instead literal fact.
In either case, when a reasonably intelligent child realizes thathis religious elders are lyign to him about their religion, that child begins to question the *entire* religion. Since science fully and satisfactorally answers the questions raised by those lies, and since science has immediate practical application in all aspects of life and yet says nothign about the existence or even necessity of a god or gods... agnosticism is a reasonable result.
And when as an adult many Christians continue their practice of lying (such lies as "those who use science and do not believe in God are thus 'worshipping' themselves or science or Mankind" or some such similar BS), that adult can only shake his head at the childishness of it all.