If we could create an icon to represent the perfect man, what would it be?

What would define the ultimate man? Kindness? Intelligence? Boldness? Loyalty? Courtesy? Reverence? Faithfulness? Trustworthiness? Powerful? Forgiving? Truthful? Would it be all of those things, and more?

Now, before you judge the message and click away… consider something radical for once;

The Bible is nothing more than a collection of fictional essays.

Assume the Bible is only a story. Assume that none of it ever happened. Assume that religion is simply a bunch of delusions used by men to control one another. Assume it was written without any inspiration by God. Assume it is nothing more than a collection of fictional essays. What story would you write about a man who was God incarnate? What adventures would you send Him on? What evil would He fight and conquer? 

Would you end your story with God being tortured and hanging from a cross without ever uttering a word to defend Himself? Would you let the crowds and the multitudes live in doubt about His identity even after His death? Would you have Him speak lessons in cryptic analogies that could be interpreted so many different ways?

If a man had the power to heal all sickness, bring life back from death and cast out demons with a word, what makes us think He didn’t have the power to destroy, instantly, all of those who were persecuting Him? If I was writing the story Jesus would have revealed Himself as they placed Him on the cross and He would have destroyed all of the nonbelievers, persecutors, the evil ones who refused to believe who He was. I would have turned them all to dust with the snap of a finger like Thanos. Why didn’t He simply turn them to dust and save Himself? Why didn’t He reveal His true nature to the world and show us the awesome power at His command? Why did He mess around with simple magic tricks when He was God incarnate?

Because… His message was love… not revenge.

But what do I know… I’m just a dummygod.