No longer a Christian

I'm giving serious thought to no longer referring to myself as a Christian for the following reasons.

1. Christianity has a bad name these days.

2. Too many so called "christians" have done things to earn that bad name.

I believe in God, and I believe in Jesus the Christ but what I don't believe in is religion, and tradition, and all the distorted, twisted things people do in the name of "christianity."

It's come to the forefront for me with my book Baring it All. Yes the cover has a woman with her blouse open...so what. She's not naked. Christians have called it porno, and stated it was ridiculous and based on a whack premise. All without ever opening it up.

My own saved sanctified and filled with the holy ghost sister and aunt both had issues with nothing more than the cover, and the synopsis. I understand the book is not for all holier than thou folks and I expected it.

But when I asked my aunt if she would just BUY the book, and keep it in her home to say "my neice wrote that" she replied "NO.Why should I?"

To me that's not Christian love because I would buy and support anything LEGAL a relative of mine was doing whether I agreed with it or not.

My Dad is a minister and he stated he'd buy it just because I wrote it. He had no issues with the cover.

I know that God led me to write this book and I know that God made it possible to be published and I know that God is blessing every aspect of it. But it's dissappointing that the so called people of God are the ONLY PEOPLE who have been tearing the book down.