I get why you wouldn't want to identify as Christian. Self identifying christians are overwhelmingly weak and hippocrytical especially today. And the christian churches have committed sins that are beyond forgiveness, but... you said that you think christianity (Christ's teachings) may still be the best force for uniting people and a functional large scale society. That may make you technically a Christian. Truth is truth after all. Christian dogma was never the important part. Its the spirit of truth. Again, I get why you wouldn't want to identify as such but I think there is some slight cognitive dissonance in recognizing Christianity as a tool for good but rejecting it for ones self. Nobody is too high IQ for spirituality I can guarantee you that
I dont think people need that much guidance spiritually tbh. A structural standpoint is all that's needed. People are obviously naturally in resonance with good vs bad. Even horrible people feel bad when they do bad things or make excuses to try to justify to themselves its all the human experience ( barring actual psychopaths ofc). That being said, I still think you may be conflating christ with Christian dogma but even then thats a pretty blurry line 10 translations and probably 100 false prophets later. I still think there is a lot of poignancy in there. There's a lot to be gathered from the past. I don't think it's the end all be all but.. i wouldn't call it disastrous. Used for evil? Definitely
I get why you wouldn't want to identify as Christian. Self identifying christians are overwhelmingly weak and hippocrytical especially today. And the christian churches have committed sins that are beyond forgiveness, but... you said that you think christianity (Christ's teachings) may still be the best force for uniting people and a functional large scale society. That may make you technically a Christian. Truth is truth after all. Christian dogma was never the important part. Its the spirit of truth. Again, I get why you wouldn't want to identify as such but I think there is some slight cognitive dissonance in recognizing Christianity as a tool for good but rejecting it for ones self. Nobody is too high IQ for spirituality I can guarantee you that
I dont think people need that much guidance spiritually tbh. A structural standpoint is all that's needed. People are obviously naturally in resonance with good vs bad. Even horrible people feel bad when they do bad things or make excuses to try to justify to themselves its all the human experience ( barring actual psychopaths ofc). That being said, I still think you may be conflating christ with Christian dogma but even then thats a pretty blurry line 10 translations and probably 100 false prophets later. I still think there is a lot of poignancy in there. There's a lot to be gathered from the past. I don't think it's the end all be all but.. i wouldn't call it disastrous. Used for evil? Definitely