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It's easy to say it's very little when you're living in a strange and irrational world, but not for those of us who are normal.

I told you I would fail your criteria. I didn't think it would be two-tiered, though. That's pretty slick, defining your particular beliefs as "normal." That way you get to include psychological deviancy into your evaluation of religious purity.

And your dismissal of Christ as the Savior, by devaluing the meaning of anointed into a splash of oil - breathtaking.

Wow, and to think I actually believed in the mercy and love and forgiveness of Christ, and thought I was living a spiritual life by studying Jesus's teachings, when all I was doing was becoming abnormal. Let's see, what to do, continue to pray to Jesus for guidance, or throw away a lifetime of spiritual experience, in favor of the details of your personal approval and judgment of normalcy? I mean, shall I keep going down the dark and sinful path to hell by following my prayers to a Christ that you've clearly proven doesn't even exist?

My God, to think I've been praying to a smear of oil all these years, it's downright embarrassing. And all those experiences of mercy and love and guidance were just... fantasies!

Matthew 7:5

And your dismissal of Christ as the Savior, by devaluing the meaning of anointed into a splash of oil - breathtaking.

I was merely rejecting your phrase "the full incarnation of Christ." There is no such thing. Christ is not the incarnation of Christ. It's just silly. He is "Immanuel," God with us. Please do not distort what I say.

Wow, and to think I actually believed in the mercy and love and forgiveness of Christ, and thought I was living a spiritual life by studying Jesus's teachings,

This is an interesting use of language and I can kind of guess what kind of doctrines you hold, and they are entirely heterodox. Do you deny the deity of Christ?

When I talk of "normal" people, I mean rational people. A rational person does not condemn Christianity for being, essentially, based on a "edited" and unreliable text, with no proof, and then, apparently, reveal they have a new-agey or some other strange view they describe as "Christian" (by what standard?) that (from their own perspective should be) is equally without proof.

It is a contradiction, and if there are contradictions in the belief system you hold, it is simply invalid.

You do not fail my criteria. You fail your own, and you fail the scriptures'.