Religious Freedom

[Alex]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

I do not think Jesus was an asshole in any way, shape or form- just the people who try to speak for him and use and abuse his message.

Out of curiosity, why does Jesus get a pass that all of the other people who claim devine authority in telling other people how to behave do not?

Since the only evidence we have of Jesus's message are the people who tried to speak for him (no direct authorship exists) how do you have any idea what his message was independent of them? Maybe it is like deciding that Jeffrey Dahmer was a pretty good guy based on the writings of his mother?