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Christianity is just sacrificial blood-atonement Judaism mixed with Mediterranean dying and resurrecting god cults intertwined with Hellenistic philosophy.
I don't think it's useful to identify as a Christian though if you think classical polytheism or Hellenistic syncretism is superior. You will then have to at least nominally or superficially accept a bunch of theological trappings and suppositions which will, I suspect, offend your conscience and sensibilities.
You are in Brazil, African and native traditional religion is very strong there with only a thin and superficial Christian veneer. It is not necessary to reconcile oneself to any church. Keep the taper candles, images, smoke, mirrors, statuary, and incense (which was taken from traditional Med polytheism). Discard the rigid desert theology.
I agree to an extent, the problem is though what I said above; to call oneself "Christian" is to at least nominally accept certain theological trappings. For example, in Catholic theology (perhaps in Christian theology generally), it is believed that all those who profess the Abrahamic religions have been accepted into "the womb of Abraham." This is absolutely unacceptable. Get that smelly, bearded, goat-fucker away from me, I am not going to cleave to any desert savage's busom. This is one of only several theological trappings which completely and entirely violate my sensibilities.
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