Yeah...I understand that there are so-called Christians who consider Catholicism to be a cult...and that THEY (Catholics) should reject the "contradictions" that amass.
You guys should all take a long, hard look at whatever else you think to be an improvement over Catholicism or Episcopalianism. They are not...not by a very long shot. They are as far from logical or Christ-like as either of those other two.
Fact is, though, a vast majority of both agnosticism and atheism...is more Christ-like than the "Christians" of the Christian churches as a whole.
Many of us outside Christianity (I do not presume to speak for all) consider many of the teachings of Jesus to be worthwhile, commendable, and recommendable.
I personally despise what Christianity does to the teachings of Jesus...much more than I despise any particular teaching.
He did worship the god of the Bible...and I think that to be a mistake on his part, but it is understandable considering the time and place of his enlightenment.
Your "being saved" is interesting...and I'm glad whatever happened happened. You needed to pull yourself up from whatever hole you had gotten into. But my guess is that no god was involved in that move...YOU did it.
You ought to take credit for it, but if you want to assign the credit to this god of yours...that is your choice to make.
Jesus is the God of the bible. He was fully God and fully human while here on Earth. There are cults that take what Jesus taught and bastardize it, and there is a penalty to be payed, but that is even cover in the Bible. My God saved me.