Atheist Memes

While it’s true that some denominations have slightly different canons, they all still have the same set of core books. As for the other books, you need to see if it’s consistant with the others. There’s some that are fine, there’s some (ie the gospel of thomas) that are partly fine but also have some serious crap , and there’s some (ie the gospel of judas) that are full of crap.

Alright, so you have a belief that the "most complete" set of books that most Christian traditions chose (already flimsy ground, but let's carry on), were chosen by divine influence, that whatever potential distortions or misinterpretations of the original texts do not fundamentally skew its original intended meanings, and I'm also going to add to the list that you believe that plenty of its contents must be understood as allegory or excused because they're the result of a very different cultural context, because I don't think you are going to excuse that passages such as this:

https://www.bibleref.com/Exodus/21/Exodus-21-20.html , https://www.bibleref.com/Exodus/21/Exodus-21-21.html

Allowing corporal punishment of slaves as long as they don't drop dead.

There is a severe degree of arbitrariness in deciding that a very specific set of books that were chosen and translated by fallible human beings, under the watchful gaze of rulers that were often arbitrary and politically motivated, were divinely inspired to declare the Universal truth of an All-Powerful god, but you should also pass it all through the prism of your personal interpretation, because that All-Powerful god couldn't be bothered to make the job any easier for you, or even worse,

Not everybody is held to the same standard. If you do something wrong and you don’t know any better, it doesn’t count as a sin until you know. And being a Christian isn’t about what you do, it’s about who you know.

Perhaps that god has decided to personally curse you, because not only weren't you born among the billions of human beings that aren't Christian, but you were raised as a Christian with the capacity and will to get yourself involved in theological discussions, which in your view, brings you ever closer to the knowledge of your god, and therefore increases your responsibility to behave as you think is moral, even if it brings you pain, doubt, heartbreak or confrontation with your neighbours, your community or your congregation. Why should you be loaded with this responsibility, out of the millions of people who have lived more comfortable lives, with more capacity to raise their own status over the abuse and exploitation of others, many of whom didn't even have the responsibility of being Christians, and didn't have to deal with the challenges and difficulties of your own life? It all sounds to me like you're grasping a burning nail for the flimsy chance that an omnipotent being that could and should treat you better does actually really exist.