You do not have your own understanding. You have a kind of brainwashing put on you by a Church.
You couldn't be more wrong. I believe after spending years examining the EVIDENCE. Prior to that I was a God-hater.
Same here. Praise God for that. And Merry Christmas, the celebration of the birth of Christ, our Immanuel. Celebrating the true meaning of Immanuel is so much better than whatever heretical nonsense is the supposed alternative.