Fair point, David. I was raised by essentially secular socialists with the notion that Christ was the first Communist; which is to say, concentrating on his teaching & example, rather than the entirely mythical context in which these are set, however so persuasive they might be. There remains a dichotomy here which, as you point out in your final stanza, underlines the hypocrisy of much so-called Christian thinking today. The alternative I once called Jesuism (although it seemed others got there first - see HERE) - which is an essentially secular & humanistic appreciation of the life & teachings of Christ as revealed in Canonical & Gnostic scripture.