I call myself Christian, or Roman Catholic to be precise, however I take a Descartes approach to religion.

I believe in a benevolent omnipotent being - I choose to call God.

By my own concept of God I can not possibly comprehend the entirety of God or God's nature.

I believe that God expresses to us as much of God's nature as we as individuals can understand.

How can I judge someone based on my understanding of the unknowable?

Who am I to say that another person's understanding isn't more accurate than mine?

Therefore: my understanding of God helps me to be a better person. My belief structures have proposed concepts of heaven and hell. by my own admission these may not be correct but they improve my life. The same goes for all other belief structures including atheism and agnosticism.

This may be heretical and will probably affront people who would dispute my claim to being Christian.

some important caveats:

I Love my concept of God and Jesus etc

I choose to share that love with as many people as possible.

if their response to my understanding has no greater or lesser significance than their own understanding. If they reject my beliefs it is possible that they aren't ready to know God the way I do, or they already know God better than I do irrespective of their religion.

Now for all the Christians who don't like what I have just written:

I do believe Jesus Christ was the son of God and as part of the Holy Trinity actually God incarnate. I do believe in the Crucifixion death and resurrection.

now why would that compel me to damn others and or ram my beliefs down their throats.?