Kids, if you want to know what Christianity really is and who Jesus of Nazareth is, read a Bible. Pick one in modern English and just read it.

Even just the first four books of part two will do fine.

You won’t understand it all. That’s okay. Nobody does.

There is some good news there, if you’re willing to look for it.

And if you read it for yourself, you’ll understand who Jesus of Nazareth is, and how to live, how to give, how to respect and love others and how to turn the tables on people who say they’re religious and want your money. Even how to die with dignity when it seems your friends have abandoned you and everyone else has stripped away your dignity.

I didn’t say it was a pretty story.

Just a good story.

The story of God and us and how much He loves us ALL and wants us to live wisely and well together.

But for the love of God and mankind, don’t try to learn it from some youth organization or video series or red-faced angry preacher who wants to tell you his version of the gospel; about how you should give your life over to God because God wants you to fight in his American army so He can be triggered to start the end times so He can send Jesus back to destroy all the evil nonwhite people He hates and send them to burn in hell forever.

Because that’s not good news.

That’s bullshit.