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From that, I know you'd like a lot of what is in the scriptures then, when read in a more full way (entire passages, instead of isolated bits). Even the account of Christ meeting the Woman at the Well is such a story. He came to save sinners and also generally for the sake of those who have been battered by life, see, and didn't come to help the self-righteous at all.
Being of Christ's flock did do massive damage to my overall being by being a source of torment, misery, and it is how I was able to learn to hate myself. The Church of hjs was toxic and abusive. And Jehovah has demanded my execution on several charges.
There are a lot of churches that have very little (and not just a few that have none at all) of what Christ said to do in them.
Funny, they said the exact same thing.
I was not complaining
you will be assimilated
I have read.....the kingdom is not of this world
I did indicate a part of the problem was the people. But I also pointed out another problem is the god himself. He wants me dead.
What makes you think so?
Cursing my father (Exodus 21:17)
We've all done similar. (in fact, I've done similar to all of those in my own way, earlier in youth) This is why Jesus of Nazareth said all He did -- to address the reality that we all have done such things, or other things just as significant in other ways. He created a new path to be reconciled, so that we are all forgiven for our own wrongs (of whatever kind) that we all have done, anyone/everyone, if we rely on the forgiveness to us through Christ. In the new testament we learn that all have sinned, and none are able to be good enough on their own, basically (that's in Romans). Some even say that if we have done even just one serious wrong, we are just as guilty as someone that did numerous wrongs (in fact, Paul wrote something like that) -- or we are until we simply turn to Him, admitting the wrongs.
if you insist on being assimilated.....ok
This is a concept I do not accept as valid, nor do I accept or ascribe to this concept of sinner.
Not true. Such as you, who are not an apostate.
Nope. People do what they do. There is no "i only did this but you did all these." Such trivial comparisons are for chuldre who are incapable of reasoning beyong such simplicity.
Trying to get what you mean, perhaps you are saying it matters how bad the thing is? That's my view. Murder is far worse than something like tax evasion, which itself is worse than small littering. This view also is aligned with how Christ spoke of wrongdoing, that some is more weighty than others. We are only saying the normal view of most all people on this though.