The Rebel Jesus

One must study Jesus Christ first by understanding truly what his opponents the Jews really stand for….and its NOT somehow ” Christianity ” without Christ.
Secondly, one must learn Jesus Christ ,from a completely non sanctimonious ,religious, or niave manner.
Only by looking at Him,his opposition ,and the world, without forced religiosity; can one see the profundity of Him.
This comment comes from yours truly ,a non formally religious person ,with no regard for organized religion ,or pompous superficial religiosity.
I am reminded of a passage in Frederick Nietzsche Thus Spoke Zarathustra …the character or ” Prophet of the new way was told ” former Pope ” ,( as he was no longer needed ) ,
” Zarathustra you are holy ,in your unholiness “.

“When I lay asleep, then did a sheep eat at the ivy-wreath on my head,–
it ate, and said thereby; “Zarathustra is no longer a scholar.”
It said this, and went away clumsily and proudly. A child told it to me.
I like to lie here where the children play, beside the ruined wall,
among the thistles and red poppies.
A scholar am I still to the children, and also to the thistles and red
poppies. Innocent are they, even in their wickedness.
But to the sheep I am no longer a scholar: so willeth my lot– blessings
upon it!
For this is the truth: I have departed from the house of the scholars,
and the door I have also slammed behind me,
Too long did my soul sit hungry at their table: not like them have I
got the knack of investigating, as the knack of nut-cracking.
Freedom do I love, and the air over fresh soil, rather would I sleep
on ox-skins than on their honours and dignities.”
~~ from Thus Spake Zarathustra, XXXVIII SCHOLARS