Nice to see a writer who actually can see the difference between what Jesus said and did without anger, hate, vengeance, suspicion/ hate for others. There’s no room in Jesus’ words for retribution or punishment. Love God above all else and love your neighbor as yourself. No pastors or priests, no superior people or faiths, no threats of believe x, no suffering. Just pure love. That is almost never seen in today’s Christianity. Even our holidays have been carefully manipulated to replace pre Christian festivals as the church and Christianity was used as a political force protecting the ruling classes to the detriment of the poor. Usually organized religion is a precision of the teachings of Jesus. The Gnostics understood something very well and, of course, had to be suppressed. Thank you, Puritan.