Taking That ''Out-of-Context?'' You're 'Out-of-Context,' Christians!

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I'm a "Christian"---truly, 'of The Anointed One & His Anointing.' I might not "believe" anything The Church preaches (the 'I' there being "this body's brain," not necessarily "the spark that quickens its thoughts to move the biology etc.") But I do believe some of 'the lessons The Church teaches'---the children shouldn't have to pay for the sins of their fathers (though they do take advantage of 'the fruits of the fathers' labors' and do have to deal with the problems the fathers left behind), you shall reap as you have sown, etc. But whenever I try to bring up 'evidence' of a false teaching from The Bible, other Christians quote Bible-verse at me as if that's "proof" that The Bible is right! (That's a lot like 'using elementary-school love-letters to "prove" that a divorcee was committing adultery on the wife he hadn't even met yet!' ... reminds me that The Bible is frequently referred-to as "God's love-letter to believers' ) Also reminds me of how--when atheists bring up all the inhumane things God "commands" people do to their children when they sin too terribly--the Christians always claim the atheists are "taking that out-of-context." That's understandable--ancient Israel being 'on an exodus 'across the desert' (or around in circles in the desert) for forty-or-so years, "human life" wasn't so-much 'a special, sanctified, cherished thing' as it was 'a burden to be carried (and thus not as "missed" if it can't carry itself & -if no one else can carry it)'-- but Christians take Bible-lessons 'out-of-context' too! Back in Jesus' day, they didn't have video, public libraries, broadcast television, radio-etc. The only way people learned things was "conversation." (The very word "trivia" comes from 'the fact that conversation flourished in the city where the "three roads" converged!') So let's put God 'in the right context'---the name "God" (not necessarily 'the name of God,' which we can talk about in a different post) comes from a word that means 'invoked (called-for)' ... a state in the U.S. is adding "in God we trust" to their state-seal, but--rather than 'implying belief in a supernatural being'--all it means is 'we call for help, and believe helpers will help.' If you believe help will come, your brain naturally assumes it will be provided by a force guided by intelligence greater than your own. Sure, you might consciously understand that the help comes from a mix of physical laws, instinctual biology, quantum mechanics & luck etc.; but your subconscious mind (simian intellect, reptilian brains) thinks 'the band-aid makes it all-better' How did that expand 'God' to mean 'creator'? Well, your parents "created" you (like your grandparents created your parents, after your great-grandparents created them, after ... etc.), right? It's natural to assume that--as your parents were probably your first helpers--the one who 'created' the world would be the first helper.