MacNCheezus

“Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven. But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven.” — Matthew 10:32-33

Does that clear it up?

Yeah, I get where you're coming from. My dad was a real asshole as well. He'd literally rather leave me dying in a ditch than suffer a single word of criticism from me. Weird how that works, huh? Almost like there is some truth to the Bible after all...

Unfortunately, I can tell you from harsh experience that becoming atheist and deconstructing the entire faith isn't going to lead to any sort of salvation at all, the only thing it'll accomplish is your own undoing. It's a very slow and agonizing death by a thousand papercuts.

That's easy to say on the Internet, where nobody knows if you're a dog.

That depends on what you mean by "stand for". Do you only preach those values on the Internet, where no one can ultimately hold you accountable? Or do you live them in real life, where standing up for them might entail taking risks to defend them?

“Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.” — Matthew 7:21

If the real Jesus stood for all the same values that you do, why are you an Atheist?