You seem pretty emotionally invested, so I will recommend that as I am not particularly invested, if it is easier for you, I give you total freedom to ignore my individual opinion. I'm just one man, feel free to ignore me. But what I've quoted is primarily direct quotes from Jesus (per the bible), or taken from Exodus, which is about as foundational as it gets Christianity wise.

I agree that the bible is a poor source of clarity. It is all over the map as far as rules, and not very consistent. But I'm not talking apocryphy here, I'm talking straight up 10 commandments shit. The core "do unto others", and "don't be greedy", and "be grateful", stuff that the whole thing is supposed to be based on.

I think ultimately we are arguing the same thing: That there is something to justify anything within the labyrinthian maze that is biblical logic. But where we diverge is that you are willing to call anyone who claims to be Christian, Christian. And I'm trying to highlight how an overwhelming majority of Christians are anything but.

My original point is that the brown shirt, class traitor, gestapo, murderer "christian" is just about as Christian as the king asshole there in the white house: ie, not at all. I'm attempting to call attention to the painfully paradoxical relationship between those who call themselves Christians and their estimation of the importance of things such as compassion, charity, humility, simplicity, community, and introspection.