This has been on my mind a lot lately and I had no idea that it had a name.

Everything I know about what Jesus taught can roughly be summed up as:

1. person asks Jesus very specific question
2. Jesus responds with obscure, abstract story about a related situation

And it blows me away that millions of people think “oh yeah, Jesus gave us so many clear cut rules to follow!” when in actuality he said like 2 things that were not obfuscated by a parable, including:

1. The most important thing to do is love me and to love each other and yourself equally (Matthew 22:37-40)
2. By loving each other you love me (Matthew 25:35-40)

At least, that’s what I can remember about what he said from my time going to Sunday school. If I’m misremembering something, please let me know but otherwise I’m convinced that evangelicals desperately want me to think that Jesus was far whiter and far more hateful than he actually was