Where to begin?

First, a disclaimer: All that I present here are my own personal opinion, formulated from experience and the word of others. It may or may not represent the general way of things.

Now...to dive in. I am a Christian, though I do not attend Church. I believe that God is everywhere-in the world, in the eyes of people, everywhere. I do not feel the need to commune with the Lord in a community-I find strength in His presence alone. I am also a scientist at heart, although I see no reason why, for instance, God could not have created the Big Bang which began the Universe, or the process of evolution.

My rant is simple. I have friends who are similar to me, and we have all shared the same experience. Other Christians have told me that I am not Christian if I do not attend Church or regularly read the Bible. Others like me have gone to Church, and when they attempted to participate, were shunned by their Christian friends. This attitude is a hypocritical of what is taught of God and his love for all of his people. As I've delved deeper, I've found more hypocrisy. The idea that Christians who attend Church and regularly read the Bible are somehow more devout, or believe "more" than Christians who don't is rife in many areas, according to those I've spoken to. So why is this? I don't know where I'm going with this, so reply as you wish.