There is just so much doctrinal nonsense being passed off as Christianity today that it becomes really easy to toss the baby out with the bath water. I admit that earlier in my life I became an atheist for a short time when I didn't know better, and part of that reason was because I was so turned off by a lot of mainstream theology and the types of people spouting it. I had to really dig into the stuff to sift the wheat from the chaff, and it was only then I realized that most of it is chaff these days.

But that's how I learned the difference between religion and spiritual truth so it was a necessary part of the journey I suppose. I don't really engage in doctrinal debates much but sometimes I just have to say something when I keep seeing the same tired nonsense popping up again and again.