They way I've always seen it is this: if the Christians are right (and why should they be right over all the other religions?) then either a) god is forgiving and loving and won't care that I don't go to church, or that I'm gay, and will judge me based on the goodness in my heart - or b) god is a strict bastard and, quite frankly, I refuse to bow to his oppressive regime.

But then I also think that if the Christian religion is right, it won't be in the form we see it today. It's fact that it was mortals who chose what went into the bible.