This is just about the only thing on which we can have agreement!
I guess that it is easier to follow a "christ" who places so little responsibility on you except to follow your own path of enlightenment. The Jesus Christ of the New Testament is a far different person than the one you follow. The true Christ was actually a pretty judgmental fellow who pulled no punches when it comes to the demands of discipleship. He actually had the audacity to demand total obedience to His will.
This is why so many people turn away from fundamentalist churches like yours. I prefer that God makes me in his image and not yours. Literalist fundamentalism always trys to make you in their image, and I have a natural tendency to rebel against domination. Christ never meant for his church to be placed in the chains of literalism, beaten into submission until we have no will of our own. Tied to a legalism that destroys the very soul, our churches are places of death, not life.
God meant for us to live free from bondage, able to explore his creation. We were made in his image and we should reflect that image, not an image of spiritual death. This is why Christ was resurrected, to set us free!