Here is the thing... And I am not purposefully a bible scholar, but I am rooted by my love toward and of God... I don't need the veil that others seem to depend upon for their religious security.
Christians in general are nothing more than sheep being shepherded. Perhaps it all be an evil plan, perhaps the whole of America was founded upon a way to force us into sacrificial living for the world's benefit. As it is seen one way, perhaps it should be understood in quite another.
What is wrong with *everyone* acknowledging and sharing, working together to overcome the rampid idiocies of the world? Um, well, it seems that within it's entirety, 'we all' dwell within systems of systems designed specifically to keep an order in place at all costs. Accordingly to even our beloved good book life is but a 'vapor' and God the most amazing illusionist.
Christians are sometimes confused with people that actually know better. Perhaps the biggest part of the 'us' does not.