Jesus may have had some great points, but they've been modified through the many translations and retellings through the ages. Have you ever played telephone? Yeah, same thing, except this wasn't ten hyperactive kindergardeners, it was several thousand self-serving adults, many of whom spoke different languages and were ready and willing to accept patently impossible things due to the inescapable ignorance of their times and a desire to instill meaning into their chaotic, frightening world.