When it all comes down to it, this is how I view Christianity, the only concept that truly matters and that is critical to ones salvation:

Jesus died for your sins. Do you belive in him as your savior and accept that he died for you sins?
thats all. Go rape, pillage, steal, murder, lust, idolize...all that shit. But remember that Jesus will forgive those sins if you repent for them. And he does it over and over.

Now thats a very general look, obviously I dont mean that its cool to do bad things that are harmfull and/or immoral. But what I do mean is that the above concept is what defines if one is a Christian. To me the Bible is more of a story book with morals. I dont trust it completley because it contradicts itself too much. But one thing never contradicted is Jesus love for us. Unfortunatley, many and I think most Christians worship the Bible and think of it as infaliable. Well the Bible tells you alot of things NOT to do. When people see those things, they judge others based on specific scentences or passages. They press that on other people, which makes them Hypocrits. The only thing any Christian should tell anyone about Christianity is the message of Jesus, not what thier doing wrong according to the Bible. The Bible is not the infaliable word of God, but unfortunatly most people think it is. But it was written by humans, and while those humans may have been inspired by God, they didnt write it perfect because humans arnt perfect. Those who wrote it undoubtedly incorperated thier own personal judgmental opinions into Gods word. But God is a loving God, and if he isnt than I dont want him as my God. I know he is though, and he loves any person as much as me or any other. I worry somtimes that I become blasphemous with my take on Christianity, semi-discrediting the messages in the Bible, but it is not right that people would make others lives harder (especially homosexuals) in the name of God. Instead, if the message was, God loves you no matter what, no matter who you are, or what you do, than so many more people would know that, and this is from Jesus himself, That God favors the sinner who repents a thousand times over the pious person who repents less because they think they sin less. Well shit, Im sorry if Iv said to much about this, but its one of the biggest concepts my life revolves around, and im very very passionate about it, and about telling people what Gods really is. Your sins are equivelent to a transvestite hooker, or a radical islamic terrorist...and thats why Jesus died for us, and thats how Gods love works.

And the Bible endorses Cannabis, weather people think it does or it doesnt, so ill take the religion that says smoking herb takes me closer to God! :rasta:

For those that press the Bible agaisnt Christ, we press Christ against the Bible
-Martin Luther