Thanks Graham, it may be a stretch but as I thought about responding to your challenge of reforming Christianity I wanted to document for myself what was it about Christian belief that I found beneficial. The reason for that is reforming means throwing out beliefs, ideas, opinions, dogma that no longer work and adding new ones that hopefully work better. But as we analyze what should be thrown out, it seemed useful to consider the impacts such actions would have on what I believe are beneficial beliefs. It is not that they would be kept merely by being beneficial because as I tried to repeatedly point out, this discussion was not about what was true or false but what I perceived as beneficial. But the truth is what ultimately matters (as I stated repeatedly) so if I am forced to conclude that a belief is not true, it must be rejected even if it means losing some benefits. But how can you tally or even understand such a loss without taking a kind of inventory first? I hope that explains my reason for this lengthy series. It has been a good exercise for me, and now we will see what survives. I think I mentioned it but my thinking about the overall question of reforming Christianity is very much in line with Keith Ward (Cambridge theology/philosophy) and particularly his book Rethinking Christianity. He will be my primary guide in the next steps. But next, I deal with the BAD of Christianity, then the UGLY.