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If this is so, why identify onself as part of a group that the general populace believes has a different set of standards and rules than what you believe? Is there such an overwhelming need to be a part of an established "name"?
2) In this "anything goes" Christianity, is there anything at all about your actions that sets you apart from the "heathens", other than professing to be a Christian?
3) For those that do believe in a more literal translation of the Bible, how do you justify regular participation in topics that, at the very least, are extremely un-Christ-like?
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1) One's interpretation or understanding of a group's beliefs based on popular concept rather than fact is rarely a good idea.
The question is reminiscent of someone asking in response to another annoucing they are Jewish regarding avarice, parsimony, or elitism.
Or asking, how can they be a Jew if so many people hate them?
Yes, some people do like the security of remaining within and being labeled by an established 'safe' group as there are those that attend church by habit and/ or tradition. However, there is also the group that has made a very conscious decision to believe or disbelieve.
2) If it really is an 'anything goes' Christianity, I would say, there would be no difference other than chosen self-identifier.
3) Being brand new to the forum thus I am not certain by what you mean un-Christ-like.
I can say, as was addressed earlier, Christians are no more perfect than any other human (that is why those called saints are extraoridnary) and therefore subject to vices and virtures anyone else is apt to fall prey.