That’s the rub. Christian teachings are pretty damn good. Organized Christianity is manipulative hate nonsense, at least among many large US denominations.
One big difference is that they wouldn’t advertise their religion to you for no reason. So unless you ask everyone you meet about their religion, it’s possible you actually did meet at least one and didn’t know.
I’ve never met a real “christian”
I have, and none of them followed a church.
That’s the rub. Christian teachings are pretty damn good. Organized Christianity is manipulative hate nonsense, at least among many large US denominations.
One big difference is that they wouldn’t advertise their religion to you for no reason. So unless you ask everyone you meet about their religion, it’s possible you actually did meet at least one and didn’t know.