[@Obscene Symphony]
Yeah, you've essentially gone into some of the other points I would've touched on if they'd responded to my initial post, since I wanted to get some idea of what sort of information they were after first, given that the original post was a little vague.

I should probably make a point that it seems my post has been a little misinterpreted; I never suggested that only a true follower be portrayed, but more that they understand how a true Christian is supposed to behave (as opposed to the constantly misrepresented fictional ones) before they start making more individual characters. Essentially, I suggested that they made sure they had their base right before they started building characters from it, because most writers don't even get that part right. When I use the term true follower, you should think of it as me saying a believable follower. Naturally, this will change significantly depending on the denomination, which is another detail in my own setting that's too complicated to get into for the time being (admittedly there is a lot of Catholic elements in my project, and justified by where the main church faction is located, but it's actually a lot more complex than that, and other denominations are touched on), but I have a wide range of characters in my story who would in some form of another be classified as being Christian yet show very different behaviours.

Some of them the characters within my setting who would be thought of as Christians aren't even believers at all and are merely using the church for their own agendas (which is sadly also truth in the real world at times), some of them are more regular believers, while others are hypocrites or bigots. There's some of them who are actually are building their spiritual awakening beyond being bound to dogma, while others are completely reliant on it, and that's not even bringing up the characters who have plot arcs centred around having a crisis of faith. Of course, some are also the non-practicing lip service types you mentioned with the comment about only practicing on Sunday too. So yeah, I definitely wouldn't say I only portray staple Christians in the project. Felt I needed to set that straight, since it seems I was misread. In fact, most of the examples you gave appear somewhere in my project in the form of one character or another. One of my associates has complimented how fleshed out and real the characters in my project are, citing their diversity as just one example.

Other than that, there's not much else for me to add since you got some of the other points, and I'd need more information about what the original poster is looking for. As for the whole idea of not going down the "God is evil" or "Christianity is bad" route, I definitely think that's good advice (though given how they spoke about banishing demons and the power of faith, it doesn't seem like they were going that route; that's why I never brought it up), mostly because so many writers these days seem to do that simply for the sake of being supposedly edgy, or because they want to bash religious people, and I don't think I ever see them actually give any sort of solid or intelligent argument for it either. In terms of my own project, I like to think I portray Christianity as more neutral (realistic), not inherently bad but not perfect either; it has plenty of good but it has its flaws too. In terms of God, well, if we're talking about a true God instead of a false one, I give a much more positive reception on that front, but it's a very complex story and I'm almost certain a person who doesn't understand the concepts properly likely would end up incorrectly grasping it all and assume I'm insinuating the opposite.

I can't really say more without spoiling far more than I'd like to though. Not only that, but the controversial nature of the project is just one of several reasons why I'm currently not revealing my work publically here. Not that I particularly I care what anyone thinks or if they want to start drama with me, since I can just ignore them anyway.

Either way, good to see someone else pitching in on this. I didn't want to give any sort of in-depth answer until I understood the kind of story and setting the original poster was actually looking for with this role-play.

I'll leave it for now. Haven't slept in quite a while.