He spent his entire life attacking the hypocrisy of organized religious leaders and their teachings, and he provided revisions for very old and bad ideas that seemed to be morally sound. In response to this insult, and his growing popularity, the members of that organized religion asked the Roman authorities to execute him, and the Roman government granted them compensation.
Centuries later, his religion became the official church, and later approved by the Roman Empire, which contributed to its spread.
His teachings were added and removed, and his story was written down many years after his death, so we have little knowledge of this man himself.
In my opinion, he was probably not considered the Messiah in his day. Evidently, he did not rise from the grave. He was considered a martyr, and that is why his teachings spread like wildfire. Later, they added to the myth that he was a real magician and that he survived his assassination, and that convinced people who had never seen him happen that he must have been like God himself. So they can add to the things of the Son of God over time. That's the way you put your buttocks on the chairs, by lying about the amazing magician. It strikes hell with strong, potentially tedious, moral lessons.
Why I say that, is because what he taught is very different from the Old Testament. If He is God, then God does not agree with hell itself.
So it is clear that he was not God, and he never planned to die as a martyr. He was just a man with a changing attitude toward morality, such as loving your enemies, paying your taxes, not being angry or retaliating against others, and he was actually behaving inconsistently by following a small and stupid list of rules as to what God permits, such as not wearing covered clothes.
His message is sorely missed today, even among members of his church. The pretense of Christianity today is much like that of Judaism, which Jesus condemned. People preach one way or another, or simply ignore what Jesus taught and preach about nationalism, xenophobia, violence, hatred and judgment, and that lying about sexual immorality is all right as long as you prove to be a Christian. You won't pay too many votes for a Bible belt.
I think he was probably a thoughtful and philosophical man who spent most of his life as an ordinary person, and was sick and tired of the ‘church’ of his day full of garbage. So he spoke, and that is why he died.
Later, people made him a god and focused on his torture, martyrdom and execution, and said that the way he died meant that people who believed in him as God were special and the only people who could go to heaven, and they pretended to perform rituals. not doing that, and the worst was the denial of what was said to be God as truth.
I wish he could wake up so he can come back and fix the record. But I am not satisfied with any other thinker and teacher who comes forward to condemn the current corruption, hypocrisy, and high morale that pervades all churches that claim the only way to heaven, and that does not teach loving-kindness. We could use another guy or a gal like that.
I also think that Jesus was a social hero of his day, and he was a very liberal person in his day. He demanded radical change and taught about extreme equality and the economic downturn, and he especially commended the ongoing tax for caring for the poor, the sick and the elderly.
You know, if it were not for the fact that all that was obviously included in the long story about him being God, or that there is a god, I would call myself a Christian.
When it comes to ethics education and social contracting, you count me. You know that he never said anything against homosexuals or abortions, did he? Yes, indeed.
But if you have made it a point to worship God and add a lot of ideas like only Christians can go to heaven, you are rejecting me. Therefore, you have abandoned me.
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