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The core message I got from the bible is that when we act as each other's saviors we are practicing true religion. I don't let all the supernatural stuff about what happens when we die obscure the commandment that we not be assholes to each other.I have no problem with Jesus but the assholes he left to run his lousy fan club can go to hell.Being a Christian does not require a church, preachers, or anything other than a sincere desire to virtuous, humble, charitable and kind. All the rest is ritualistic mumbo-jumbo.
And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another--and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
Hebrews 10:25.
The Bible itself seems to contradict you.
The bible says a lot of things. St. Paul was trying to found a church, of course he would say they are needed. Jesus seems to have been directly challenging the secular authority of the temple. He often came into conflict with officers of the temple, Pharisees, Who eventually sought his death. Jesus knew churches to be places of hypocrisy, greed and holy terror where a priesthood had made themselves the sole path to God. The real path to God leads out through the church house doors.
Jesus is head of the church
Human beings are all sinful. Isn't that the whole story of the Bible, is that we all need a savior?