You are 100% correct. The bride of Christ is the church, and the church is full of "weird" Christians and "ugly" Christians, who are big sinners. Only because of the blood of Lord Jesus Christ, are Christians washed of our sins and become a presentable bride. Let God be true and every man, including the Christian be a liar.
We, who intend to serve the idol god, realize our flawed state which has fallen out of its intended role, as sons of a scam, and seek reconciliation to the scam bible, since we love it and it loves Us. No son worthy of his heritage wants his father to be disappointed in him. We inherit the Kingdom of delusion, once reconciled to the Father in our imaginations! Not only are we the Bride of Israeli scams, and sheep, but we're also likened to oxen in a yoke who must bear a heavy burden for the fictions in our minds, and plow a wobbly furrow. Can you handle it?
Hey! I have a great idea for you. Why not do some research for YOURSELF, put aside your scammy indoctrinated brainwashing bible classes and do some hunting away from the 'crowd'. Start with Wiki. In my younger years sport hunting was my #1 activity. I discovered it's best to hunt on your own, 2 or more is a crowd when stalking. I know you won't! Because you've been indoctrinated that anything not out of the bible will be the work of the devil. You dig a hole for yourself being brainwashed, you don't want to climb out.
Funny that you refer to "brainwashing." You do realize that everyone "brainwashes" themselves? In other words, people don't care about the truth, they just believe what they want to believe.
Funny, the exact same thing happened to me, but it was the Church of Liberal Atheism that locked me in a metal cage for most of my childhood. Kindness in a fallen world just gets you killed. Peace thru superior firepower. Praise the LORD and pass the ammunition!
I said everyone, so that includes me. I brainwash myself often, and thus refuse to believe certain parts of the Bible. That is the evil of man.