What does the Bible say? Look around what passes for Christendom these days, and you'll find numerous contradictory answers to that question. How is a third party to distinguish one from another, to find the "correct" message of the Bible in the competing fray of contradictions? By mere offensiveness?
I honestly don’t care if you think I am arrogant or not
Again, I have accused you of nothing. Furthermore, my particular beliefs are of precious little interest on this thread; I'm far more interested in the topic of how beliefs are presented, whether or not misrepresentation of other folks' beliefs is acceptable, to what extent humility should be a characteristic of Christian witness, and the extent to which folks should take care that they themselves are behaving as Christ would have them, rather than worrying about others' behaviour.
"Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of Truth". (2Timothy 2:15).
Look around what passes for Christendom these days, and you’ll find numerous contradictory answers to that question. How is a third party to distinguish one from another, to find the “correct” message of the Bible in the competing fray of contradictions?
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No, there isn’t. There are relatively FEW passage that Christians disagree on. The vast majority of disagreement is among the pseudo-Christian groups (like the Restorationists) who take verses out of context to support unbiblical doctrines.
Context determines what a passage means and is how one finds out the ‘correct’ interpretation of MOST verse. Also, the creeds are good guidlines of doctrine. If it isn’t creedal then a red flag should go up and most Christian groups agree with the creeds.