Actual Christianity

For clarification, the goal is to drop the current corrupted set of ideology/dogma that has completely taken over Christianity, becoming the norm and making the Christian spiritual path completely ineffective especially with respect to its original teachings. The current set of mainstream teachings need to be overhauled in order to restore their efficacy, a problem that is visible daily from self declared Christians who see no benefits from the religion. A practical spiritual guide for the modern era is long overdue.

For Christians who genuinely want to remain loyal and faithful to the teachings of Jesus, it should be reasonable to question—and even discard—teachings and dogmatic shifts that were clearly added long after his lifetime and directly contradict his core message. A clear modern example is the prosperity gospel, which promotes wealth, material success, and financial “blessing” as signs of divine favor. This stands in direct opposition to Jesus’ repeated warnings against attachment to money and materialism, and his explicit teachings to let go of wealth, status, and desire. Because this contradiction is so obvious, many Christians today feel justified in rejecting the prosperity gospel as a modern distortion.

But if we are willing to dismiss recent deviations from Jesus’ teachings, a deeper and more uncomfortable question follows: why should earlier distortions be treated as untouchable simply because they are older?

If modern alterations to Christian ideology are unacceptable because they violate Jesus’ instructions, then it makes little sense to excuse similar changes made in the first few centuries after his death—especially when those changes were introduced by people who never knew Jesus, yet claimed authority to redefine his message. Human beings were no less fallible then than they are now, and theological power struggles, cultural pressures, and personal interpretations shaped Christianity from its earliest institutional forms. The changes made by those individuals literally rewrote the rules of Christianity, and what is left is what is left in shambles after their decimation of what Jesus originally taught.

What makes this especially tragic is that many of these early additions have become so deeply embedded in Christian tradition that they are now assumed to have come directly from Jesus himself. They are treated as equivalent to his words, even when they clearly contradict what he taught, attribute claims to him that he never made, or elevate him to a divine status he never explicitly claimed for himself.

As a result, modern Christianity often contains layers of doctrine that distort, override, or outright replace Jesus’ original teachings. In many cases, these additions promote beliefs he never endorsed, assert ideas he never spoke, and shift the focus away from the inner transformation he consistently emphasized. The faith has drifted so far from its source that, for many seekers, it no longer resembles the path Jesus actually taught.

At this point, it becomes more honest—and more faithful—to let go of identification with religious tribes altogether and return to the core teachings themselves. Those teachings are not unique to Christianity; they appear across multiple spiritual traditions and, when genuinely practiced, produce observable and transformative changes in human consciousness—moving individuals from ego-driven, fear-based states into higher levels of awareness and unity.

If Christians can rightly reject modern dogmatic distortions like the prosperity gospel, then it is equally reasonable to discard earlier doctrinal additions that emerged in the decades and centuries following Jesus’ death. These were introduced by people who assumed spiritual authority without fully understanding what Jesus was teaching in the first place.

Below are several examples of such early modifications—ideas that gained institutional power and became normalized within Christianity despite their divergence from Jesus’ own words. While these beliefs may be difficult for many Christians to let go of, they deserve serious scrutiny. Among biblical scholars, there is no universal consensus that these doctrines align with Jesus’ teachings, and many actively argue that they do not. What follows are some of the most significant examples.

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Examples of early doctrine changes made in the years following the death of Jesus. You can thank Paul for much of this

Things Jesus never taught, or teachings that were distorted or manipulated that completely led people astray from the ultimate path and goal of dissolution of their egos and ultimately experiencing the total oneness with the universe he taught.  Evidence supported examples are provided below.

From inner transformation → to afterlife reward

The experience of awakening to the Kingdom of God (the universe) within us was originally taught as something to be realized and enjoyed now, in your lifetime. Over time, that teaching was distorted into an experience deferred until after death. Today, it’s also common within modern Christianity to hear this concept of ‘heaven’ described as a literal place, a place you “go to” once you die. This is not the case, and Jesus frequently taught this as both something you experience in your life and as an inner spiritual experience, not a postmortem reward.

If you’re a Christian, this should be deeply troubling. What’s been lost is not a minor theological detail, but the deprivation of a profound metaphysical experience, one that Jesus taught as the end of suffering itself. I often use this analogy in my writing: it’s like discovering you’ve carried a winning lottery ticket in your pocket your entire life, only to learn the church stitched your pockets shut so you could never reach it.

One of the core motivations behind this site is to wake Christians up to that reality and to reclaim what was always meant to be experienced here and now.

Jesus taught:

• The Kingdom is available now, at hand, within/among you
• Eternal life is a quality of consciousness, not a timeline
• Liberation happens now, through transformation
  

Later Christianity emphasized:

• Heaven as a post-mortem destination
• Salvation as something that happens after death
• Faith as a ticket punched for the future

From practice → to simply professing belief

Paul’s shifting of Jesus’ original teachings and the emphasis of practicing them to only needing to believe in Jesus. That’s right, this enormous loophole says that the lessons that Jesus was murdered for teaching, were all effectively discarded by Paul and the church founded in the years following the death of Jesus. What was the point of the death of Jesus if his message was terminated? At least you could say if he died that his message was successfully delivered, but self declared leaders of the faith ensured that his message was still not being delivered. The destruction and elimination of his teachings to his followers was effectively no different than crucifying Jesus since they both terminated the spread of his message. I have no doubt this was intentional on their part, as they knew the teachings of Jesus worked but they also knew a more successful and subtle way of terminating the message kept the appearances of preserving his legacy while also ensuring his teachings were not being successfully followed. Christian lip service begins here. Is it safe to discard Paul’s changes to the doctrines of Jesus? Yes, you either choose to follow the teachings of Jesus or Paul, but not both. Unfortunately the mainstream has picked the latter. This idea in Christianity that you only need to declare your belief in Jesus and that you accept him as your lord and savior, worship him as god, as opposed to actually following what he taught is a giant distortion of his teachings that needs to die right away. Jesus is someone who literally told people to perform the lessons being taught, and suddenly soon after his death, suddenly the teachings were changed so that the acts were no longer important, as long as you said you believed in Jesus. Jesus explicitly said that faith without works is dead, and Paul decided to overrule this rule completely which continues to this day. All the teachings of Jesus are brazenly ignored by many Christians because they feel accepting Jesus as their savior was sufficient and their price “into heaven” has been paid.

This loophole runs rampant until today. To put it bluntly, if the additions and changes made by Paul were more important than the teachings of Jesus, then why didn’t Jesus just teach them directly himself? It’s incredible that Christians are in essence following the teachings of Paul not Jesus. It is the religion of Paul. The frequent teaching from churches telling parishioners to have “a personal relationship with Jesus Christ” is a gesture and statement that is meaningless as he never asked anyone to do this. He gave simple and clear guidelines on what should be followed. In addition to Jesus’ very clear instructions to follow his teachings, there was also a shift to worship Jesus despite Jesus never teaching this. So suddenly worshiping Jesus became a priority as well rather than practicing what he taught. The common practice of worshiping Jesus is taught despite deflecting any praise that verged on praise from his students, and despite never calling himself God as he consistently made the distinction between himself and God the father. The conversion of Jesus from enlightened being/spiritual guru into a literal God on earth is not consistent at all with what Jesus taught. What Jesus taught was consistent with older teachings which said to love our Father and source, NOT him.

Jesus emphasized:

• “Whoever hears these words and does them…”
• Ethical action, forgiveness, humility, ego surrender
• Repeated warnings against lip service
  

Later additions:

• Creeds
• Doctrinal tests
• Orthodoxy as proof of faith
  

Belief replaced embodiment. Saying the right things became more important than being transformed.

From non-hierarchical movement → to institutional authority

The shift from independent spiritual paths to organized religions, large church organizations and bureaucratic power structures. This couldn’t scream more antithetical to the teachings of Jesus. Jesus was someone who defied and challenged authorities, the establishment, and the status quo. The 45,000+ Christian religions and churches that began in his name essentially became the religious power structures that he routinely undermined and challenged until he was killed for doing so. Now, we have mega churches and wealthy religions that own massive amounts of real estate. The achievement of a spiritual awakening to our oneness with the universe can be achieved without joining any hierarchical religious structure/movement. Once you introduce the element of power in any organization, it becomes ripe for corruption, as we’ve all seen and know very well. It is remarkable that many who invoke the name of Jesus are also apologists for the elites in this nation, especially when many of them disregard the most core basic teachings of Jesus including the ignoring of the poor and suffering while simultaneously prioritizing wealth and materialism. 

Jesus rejected:

• Religious elites
• Titles
• Spiritual hierarchy
• Mediation between people and God
  

“You have one teacher… you are all brothers.”

The Church introduced:

• Clerical hierarchies
• Apostolic succession
• Centralized authority
• Institutional gatekeeping of salvation
  

Result:
Access to God was re-externalized—exactly what Jesus had dismantled.

From direct access to God → to intermediaries

Expanding on the prior point… Christianity then segued into a church that required you to speak to pastors, ministers and priests in order to have access to God. Accessing the “kingdom of god” within also requires speaking to the correct authorities as well apparently. If you want to have a moment of introspection and meditate on your worst flaws and habits, it’s apparently useless unless you confess them to a priest. It’s remarkable how long this lasted and how this was even argued to eventually be accepted amongst Christians. This is completely born out of a desire to create and build a power structure on earth while also giving themselves the power, control and authority to essentially give themselves permission of who gets into “into heaven” which was also born out of the distortion of ‘heaven’ being a place you go to when you die, when it is in fact something you experience while alive according to Jesus. This experience of accessing the kingdom of god within is comparable to what is called ‘nirvana’ in other spiritual practices. The realization of our total oneness with the universe.

Jesus taught:

• God is immediately accessible
• Prayer is private and internal
• The law is written on the heart
  

In the Gospels, forgiveness is consistently framed as direct and internal:

• “When you pray, go into your room and shut the door…” (Matthew 6:6)
• “If you forgive others… your Father will forgive you.” (Matthew 6:14–15)
• The prodigal son returns directly to the Father, no intermediary.

Later Christianity required:

• Priests
• Sacraments administered by officials
• Confession through intermediaries
  

This reversed Jesus’ dismantling of spiritual middlemen. Humanity loves power wherever it can find it of course.

From ego death → to moral accounting

While I’ve touched on this in recent articles, it should be noted… that there was a total shift from encouraging Christians to trigger a dissolution of their egos in order for them to experience oneness with the universe into deferring that reward of “heaven” until after death. A dishonest and malicious distortion of the teachings of Jesus that ensured that Christians would not trigger this enlightenment of consciousness. It’s reached the point where the terms dissolving, transcending and awakening from our ego consciousness is language that is never used or discussed in mainstream Christian churches. I have seen this language get immediately dismissed as mysticism or eastern religions which they equate with “Satanism” despite this being what Jesus himself taught. This is a telltale sign that a minister is completely disconnected with what Jesus was actually teaching his followers to experience.

This is largely due to Jesus never using the word ‘ego’ himself, though this is because a comparable word did not exist during this era, so other terms were utilized to refer to the same thing. Jesus, a fan of poetic delivery of his message, would instruct his followers to ‘deny themselves’ which if heard by literalists would probably think that Jesus was saying to ignore your natural inclinations or temptations, however he is literally telling his followers to prioritize the overcoming of their egos and instead be aligned with the will of our father and welcome to the holy spirit into our body and life. The wording and language needs to be corrected for the modern Christian era to ensure that the teachings are being understood and executed correctly, because otherwise literalists will not comprehend the teachings that were being taught. Unfortunately a teacher like Jesus who spoke often in figurative devices like metaphors and symbolism will never mesh well with Christians who choose to only interpret readings literally.

Jesus aimed at:

• Death of the false self
• Radical humility
• Freedom from fear and identity
  

The Church reframed sin as:

• Legal violation
• Moral debt
• Rule-breaking
  

Instead of dissolving the ego, religion began managing it, rewarding compliant egos and punishing deviant ones.

From symbolic teaching → to literalism

Expanding on the points above, a large number of Christians insist on reading the Bible only through a literal lens. This persists despite the presence of supernatural and symbolic narratives—particularly in texts like Genesis—that we now understand cannot reasonably be read as straightforward historical accounts. Unfortunately, this tendency toward strict literalism collides directly with Jesus’ teaching style.

Anyone who has tried to discuss scripture with committed literalists knows how difficult it is to get them to consider alternative readings. Yet Jesus was unmistakably a teacher who preferred metaphor, allegory, and symbolism. His poetic and figurative approach is precisely what gave his message its depth and power. Two thousand years later, however, many readers either miss or refuse to accept that Jesus routinely taught in figurative language.

When symbolism is rejected, the underlying message is lost. This is how we end up with interpretations that claim Jesus literally meant he came “not to bring peace, but a sword,” and then use that line to justify weapons or violence—despite his repeated and unambiguous teachings about nonviolence, forgiveness, and turning the other cheek. This kind of literalism has been one of the most damaging distortions of Jesus’ message, undermining its original purpose: to spark inner transformation, spiritual awakening, and a radical reorientation of human consciousness. 

Jesus used:

• Parables
• Metaphors
• Hyperbole
• Symbolic language
  

Later interpretation:

• Demanded literal belief
• Treated myth as history
• Treated poetry as science
  

Literalism flattened the teachings, making mystical insight inaccessible to many and creating unnecessary conflict with reason.

From unity consciousness → to tribal identity

One of Jesus’ most essential teachings was the rejection of tribalism in all its forms. Division separates us from one another, while the goal he pointed toward was the recognition of every human being as a brother or sister—members of a single family called humanity. Genuine spiritual awakening cannot occur without fully accepting this truth: that we are fundamentally one. It requires asking our source—the spirit of the universe—to dissolve the illusion of separation between “us” and “them.”

When this oneness is truly realized, it is one of the most profound and transformative revelations a person can experience. Yet after Jesus’ death, Christianity moved in the opposite direction. Instead of unity, it fragmented into tens of thousands of denominations, often treating people of other faiths or practices as inferior or even satanic—an outcome that stands in direct contradiction to Jesus’ teachings about non-judgment and love.

Any time a person sees themselves as separate from or superior to others, they have already departed from what Jesus taught and placed another obstacle in the way of experiencing the oneness that is always available. The path forward is simple, though not easy: abandon superiority, release judgment, and continually remind yourself that we are all one. When you find yourself judging others, reflect on your own similar shortcomings and recognize that you are no different. The ego’s temptation to elevate itself above others is strong, but it must be consciously and repeatedly let go if awakening is to occur.

That said, within some mainstream right-wing Christian circles and Christian nationalist movements, it’s not uncommon to encounter outspoken racism and bigotry. These attitudes often manifest as constant judgment of others and calls for exclusion or deportation over the most minor offenses—rooted in an unwillingness to see people who look different as brothers and sisters. Ironically, these views are frequently expressed while wearing prominent Christian symbols, such as crosses, as markers of identity.

This kind of rhetoric has no place in the worldview of anyone who genuinely claims to follow Jesus. Yet it persists, in part because of a long-standing loophole in certain strains of Christianity: the idea that once Jesus is accepted as one’s savior, moral behavior becomes secondary. “Jesus paid the price” is used as a justification for attitudes and actions that are openly hateful, unethical, and contrary to Jesus’ teachings.

Historically, Christianity in the United States has been intertwined with exclusionary and hate-based movements for more than two centuries, and those patterns have not disappeared. In recent years, such rhetoric has become increasingly visible and normalized within certain political and religious circles, further highlighting the disconnect between the message of Jesus and the way his name is sometimes invoked.

Jesus emphasized:

• Love of enemy
• Unity beyond ethnicity or law
• No insiders vs outsiders
  

Later Christianity created:

• Saved vs unsaved
• Believers vs nonbelievers
• Us vs them
  

The ego re-entered through group identity.

From anti-empire ethic → to religious empire 

Jesus was a teacher and a rebel against established power structures. He also helped his followers loosen their attachment to ego—an inner shift that naturally undermines corrupt systems built on domination, fear, and control. It’s therefore striking how a movement that began as deeply anti-establishment eventually transformed into powerful institutions devoted to hierarchy, authority, and social control. Equally notable is how much violence, imperialism, and territorial expansion were later carried out in Jesus’ name, creating the impression that he endorsed conquest, coercion, and the accumulation of power. The irony is difficult to ignore. Doctrines such as Manifest Destiny were used to justify the eradication of entire populations under the banner of Jesus and God—often by people holding sacred texts that explicitly taught nonviolence, humility, and love of neighbor.

Jesus:

• Rejected power
• Critiqued domination
• Modeled nonviolence
• Was executed by the state
  

Christianity later:

• Aligned with Rome
• Blessed armies
• Justified conquest
• Sanctified hierarchy

From Jesus as exemplar → to Jesus as object of worship

I’ve written about this before, but one of the most consequential distortions added to Jesus’ teachings was the shift from his self-designation as “Son of Man”—in other words, a human being—to “Son of God,” a title increasingly emphasized by followers decades after his death. This shift effectively deified Jesus, recasting him as God himself and as an object of worship, despite there being no instance in the Gospels where Jesus instructs anyone to worship him.

Much of the confusion stems from Jesus’ statements about being “one with God.” Read superficially, this language is easy to misunderstand. Jesus was not declaring that he was God. Rather, he was describing an experience of oneness—with God, with the universe, and with humanity—what many spiritual traditions recognize as the result of awakening through ego dissolution. There is a profound difference between saying one has experienced unity with God and claiming to be God. Jesus consistently made this distinction, repeatedly differentiating himself from “the Father” and redirecting all worship away from himself and toward God.

Importantly, Jesus was not presenting this state of oneness as something exclusive to him. He was teaching his followers how to experience the same realization for themselves. Anyone who reaches it encounters the same sense of unity with all existence. This is not unique to Christianity. Buddhists, for example, follow a disciplined path toward enlightenment without worshiping the Buddha as a god. In this respect, walking the spiritual path with Jesus is similar: he did not ask for worship, and elevating a spiritual teacher into an object of devotion ultimately misses the point. Both Jesus and the Buddha consistently redirected attention away from themselves and toward the deeper truth they embodied.

Over time, however, “believing in Jesus” was reduced to simply affirming his divinity. A more faithful understanding would be to live according to his teachings and model, not to worship him as a deity. Jesus taught devotion to God—the ultimate source—and reliance on the Holy Spirit for guidance, rather than surrendering to the ego’s constant demand for control.

Jesus modeled:

• What a human aligned with God looks like
• A path others could follow
  

Later Christianity emphasized:

• Worship over imitation
• Veneration over replication
• Distance instead of accessibility
  

Jesus was elevated away from humanity rather than held up as an example of what humanity can become.

From psychological liberation → to fear-based control

It’s no secret that modern Christianity often emphasizes fear—particularly fear of hell and death—as a way to regulate behavior and maintain control. This focus stands in sharp contrast to one of Jesus’ clearest teachings: the call to let go of fear entirely.

Humanity’s tendency to allow fear to guide our decisions is one of the greatest obstacles to ego dissolution and spiritual awakening. Letting go of fear necessarily includes releasing the fear of death, which also means loosening our attachment to life as something that can be lost. When death is no longer seen as an ending—when life is understood as continuous and not confined to the body—the grip of fear begins to weaken.

This shift is far easier to describe than to live out, and I don’t pretend otherwise. I’ve shared my own experiences with this process in a previous post. But when fear truly dissolves, something remarkable happens: a deeper form of guidance emerges. It feels like a direct line to the spirit of the universe—a kind of divine intuition that runs alongside ordinary consciousness, quietly offering clarity and direction once fear is no longer in control.

Jesus removed fear:

• Of death
• Of punishment
• Of enemies
• Of scarcity
  

Later theology reintroduced:

• Hell as eternal torture
• Fear as motivation
• Compliance through threat
  

Fear is incompatible with awakening but highly compatible with control.

From universal path → to exclusive claim

As noted repeatedly here, despite the superficial differences between several of the major religions, differences in lore, history, and mythology—the core instructions for experiencing ego dissolution are remarkably consistent. This has been shown in detail throughout this site and remains difficult to deny, even for the most committed Christians.

What changed over time was not the teaching itself, but how it was framed. Jesus’ universal message was gradually transformed into something the institutional church claimed it could gatekeep. Authority was asserted over who had access to these teachings and, by extension, who could be granted entry into “heaven.” In the process, a central point was obscured: Jesus made it clear that the experience of oneness with the universe—what Christianity later called heaven and other traditions call nirvana—was something that could be realized now. When he said the Kingdom of God was “at hand,” he was emphasizing immediacy and accessibility, not delay. Despite what many Christians do not understand, but “at hand” is an antiquated term that means available right now/right away.

After Jesus’ death, his message was quickly modified in ways that fostered tribalism and a sense of religious superiority. The implication became, “Only we have access to heaven, and only we can show you how to reach it.” That framing not only departed from Jesus’ teachings but also encouraged division.

These claims of exclusivity persist today, even though people in many spiritual traditions have reached the same realization of oneness by practicing the very principles Jesus taught—within the paths they were drawn to. No religion has exclusive rights to these teachings. Anyone who insists that awakening is only possible through a single religious identity is either misinformed or intentionally misleading.

At its core, this is just tribal thinking—the belief that one’s own group is superior and everyone else is lesser. That mindset directly contradicts Jesus’ most fundamental teaching: that we are all one and equal. Reducing spirituality to team loyalty or religious “sports fandom” doesn’t honor Jesus’ message; it betrays it.

Jesus spoke universally:

• “Whoever”
• “Anyone who”
• “Those who do the will of God”
  

Later Christianity insisted:

• One name
• One formula
• One institution
  

Despite Jesus’ teachings mirroring Buddhism, Taoism, and other traditions, exclusivity was enforced to preserve identity and authority.

The pattern is consistent

Every major change:

• externalized what Jesus internalized
• delayed what he made immediate
• institutionalized what he made personal
• replaced transformation with compliance
  

None of this is a conspiracy theory. It is self evident. It’s what happens when ego-dissolving teachings pass through ego-driven systems.

The core instructions fortunately survived

Despite everything that was added, Jesus’ core teachings/actual path is still visible to anyone willing to read him plainly, but they need to wade through the disinformation and misinformation added to the faith that absolutely do not line up with the original teachings.

• surrender the false self
• dissolve fear
• love radically
• live from inner alignment
• realize unity now

That path towards enlightenment has never belonged to a church or any religion. The various names given to this experience are all referring to the same thing; nirvana, heaven, satori, ahamkara nasha, etc. This can be experienced and enjoyed now, anyone telling you otherwise should be avoided as they perpetuate disinformation within the spiritual teachings of Jesus.

Below you’ll find the changes made to the teachings of Jesus and religion of Christianity that similarly have no basis with the teachings of Jesus, which just demonstrates that the religion has become malleable as opposed to the fixed system as Jesus taught.

I’ll touch on the major historical changes to the faith in recent history:

• In the Mid 20th Century, “Salvation” was reframed as simply accepting Jesus into your heart, an instruction never given
• Encouraging a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, an instruction he never gave.
• Prosperity Gospel – Faith = material success, blessings = wealth, suffering = lack of faith. Jesus said you cannot serve God and money
• Christian Nationalism – Turning Jesus into an aspect of the identity you’ve cultivated and intertwining it with egotistical tribalism/nationalism. This is extremely common in right wing Christian rhetoric.
• Moral policing of sexuality, enforcing specific behavior, and obsession with culture war issues which reeks of both tribalism and judgement of others.
• Literalism taking a stranglehold of Christianity – the resistance to reading obvious figurative language in biblical figuratively has led to adamant resistance to scientific progress and universally accepted scientific evidence/laws.
• The use of fear/hell as a control tactic, this does not align with the way Jesus taught. A faithful continuation of his teachings would encourage correction of behavior, habits, not through instilling fear, something Jesus adamantly taught his students to let go of.
• The shifting of Christianity as just an aspect of one’s identity rather than guidelines on how one should actually live their life. Identity versus actual action, which also is symptomatic of human tribalism.
• The transformation of Jesus into an icon of aggression and strength in addition to a shifting of his racial identity from middle eastern man into a western figure with blonde hair and blue eyes, demonstrating an obsession with identity and a continuation of our ego’s desire to practice in tribalism (Jesus aka God, is in my race and tribe) which undoubtedly leads to many thoughts and arguments of racial superiority.
• The preservation of ego rather than the dissolving and letting go of our egos… In perhaps the most critical change that completely undermines the teachings of Jesus. The ultimate goal of experiencing total oneness with the universe by way of ego dissolution was completely derailed by Christianity as a religion making a concerted effort to protect the human ego, effectively undermining the teachings of Jesus and the efforts that led to his death..

So what’s the lesson? Abandon all these inaccurate teachings that undeniably and explicitly violate the most fundamental teachings of Jesus. The entire religion is long overdue for an overhaul that isn’t scared of trashing additions to the faith just because they’ve been there for 2000 years. If we can abandon the prosperity gospel, we can abandon teachings that overtly contradict what Jesus taught. 

These are just some of the many reasons I don’t call myself a Christian, even though I deeply respect—and actively follow, the universal teachings of Jesus. Those teachings aren’t exclusive to any religion; they can be understood and practiced by anyone, including the most secular person you can imagine.

What many atheists object to isn’t Jesus himself, but the byproducts of mainstream contemporary Christianity, and it’s easy to see why. In many cases, it has drifted so far from Jesus’ actual teachings that it scarcely resembles them anymore, which is genuinely tragic.

Many blessings your way!

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