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Citation, please. Also, what happened to all that, “sins of the father” crap?
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-other-side-relationships/202002/why-do-we-behave-just-our-parents
it tends to go one of two ways. Either there’s a conscious and intentional choice to reject the way one’s parents are (which didn’t happen,); or we tend to emulate them in our own lives. This is natural. regardless of if you weigh in on genetic vs learned behavior, it’s your parents providing both of that. They’re an example and a role model- even if one comes to consider that model to be an example of what not to do.
That makes sense, but is Jesus of all people lacking of introspection?
Most likely a jewish mystic running a cult of personality; like dozens of other grifters that kept popping up in that time and place… (this is why the sanhedrin jumped on him, dime a dozen.)
At his most benign, he’d have had more in common with William Miller or Joseph Smith. Jesus didn’t advocate for mass suicide, so, there’s that. The reality is that, while he had a message… “christianity” was probably started sometime around his death - when certain of his followers could retcon the narrative.
Considering Jesus is God (apparently), I’d say he’s got to be like his parent.
Only according to some sects. I forget which.