You say you read the bible well over a dozen times.
Let me ask, did you pause when you read this?
Gal 1:8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
Gal 1:9 As we said before, so say I now again, If any [man] preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
I have read many books several times, doesn’t mean I studied what I read ... big difference. IMHO