You said a lot of truths here and I commend you for such an articulate expression. I went from a Jewish Kid to nothing till I was fifty to studying about Jesus and other religions and BACK to being a NON Religionist who believes in God. I also DON'T believe in the end times Prophecy. I don't believe all my Jewish Relatives are in Hell as my Brilliant Bible Believing best friend says. He weasels out of it by saying that they put themselves in hell by NOT Accepting Jesus as their personal Savior and it's NOT Jesus or God saying that. That's ridiculous as they didn't know anything about Jesus or the Grace Story. SO I could go on and on and always wind up pissing somebody off who is a Purist on all the Jesus Stuff so I'll stop......B