text: do christians worship the real god of the bible, or do they  just take the "nice" verses and create their own   unfortunately, both.   some pick and choose what they will focus on.  this is the birth of denominational christianity.  fewer choose to acknowledge the bible in its fullness.  its much harder to do this way and the first step is the one that prevents the first group from following this path; you have to admit you don't know all the answers, and probably never will.  i refer to myself as a christ follower.  i'd rather be thought of as a person who is genuinely trying to follow the life and teachings of christ as they are revealed to me than thought a memebr of a particular group, denomination, etc.