Turned off =\= offend. You haven't offended. And I'm glad you want discussion--I'd like to discuss more, too.

I really am curious about your choice to define yourself as a christian. You say you believe YOUR interpretation of the bible, but, as you've said, your interpretation seems to not exclude, say, taoism and buddhism. So again, it would seem that one would decide to call oneself a christian if the new testament EXCLUSIVELY described a scenario he thought was true. But you seem to say that the truth you find in the bible is NOT exclusive--that other religions say the same thing.