What beliefs would we consider reasonable for a self proclaimed Christian to hold?

[drfuzzy]

I was raised Southern Baptist.  Then Pentecostal.  For over 40 years I have played the organ for nearly every major Protestant denomination - variations of Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian, Evangelical, Quaker, 1st Bible, Holiness, Quaker . . . also Unitarian, Anglican, Episcopal, and I'm currently playing for Catholic Mass.  It's really too bad that all of these folks are reading from the same book, but most will accuse the others of "doing it wrong" or "false interpretation of the scriptures" etc., etc.   

When you talk about what God wants to someone who doesn't believe such a creature exists, the burden is upon you to prove it's existence.  It should be quite obvious that statements like "God will never allow such a rewriting of His loving plan" is beyond absurd . . . yeah, Superman was really ticked off when they changed his costume and then reported that he had died!  But then the holy comics posted that he was resurrected, hallelujah!  I'm going to go pray to him that you accept the truth so you won't miss out on Paradise!

There is no afterlife.  There is no god, no angels, no demons, no Satan, no ghosts, no zombies, no sparkly vampires, and no Santa Claus.

*emphasis mine*

This is simply wrong, the Catholics use a bible with 7 added extra books, while the Evangelicals only have the New Testament in their bible, with the exception of Psalms. So you really just proved GC's point.

I simply made the point that I have attended services in dozens of Protestant churches, plus Anglican, and Catholic.  (And Unitarian, and I played for a Jewish service, and even an ecumenical all-faiths service . . . ).  When given the opportunity, someone, (preacher, choir member, deacon, etc.,) at every single one of the PROTESTANT denominations told me that their church had it right and all of the others had it wrong.  For some, this was an obvious attempt just to get me to join, for others, it was spoken with contempt and a description of WHAT they were doing that made them wrong.  Funny, not a single one mentioned that they were reading the wrong type of Bible.  The book wasn't the problem.

Oh, and I haven't asked the question in the Anglican and Catholic churches.  I know what they believe.