And last, but certainly not least, there are also the facts that Jesus' whole ethos is bound up on the idea that he is the ultimate All-Loving Hero who will offer Forgiveness to all who willingly seek it, no matter how great their crime or transgression, and that is his whole mission is being The Paragon who will lead humanity unto a better path. Several portions of the Bible also portrays him as master of the Verbal Judo and an expert in Shaming the Mob, which undeniably gives him an air of being an accomplished Badass Pacifist. He also had a pronounced anti-authoritarian streak, regularly calling out religious leaders for hypocrisy and acting Holier Than Thou. Nevertheless, the trope actually does have some genuine theological support insofar as Jesus tended to associate with the outcast and marginalised members of society, like prostitutes, people found guilty of adultery, tax collectors, and various other types who were considered unsavoury by the religious authorities of the day. In these cases, it can overlap with God Before Dogma: their issue isn't necessarily with the Lord Himself, just with religious doctrines or practices done in His name. The trope is usually associated with atheistic former Christians who are attempting to dissociate themselves from Christianity, but still have issues with it, and therefore need to view/depict Christ as a sympathetic figure, in order to obtain integration, resolution, and catharsis Kevin Smith's example (from Dogma, as shown in the trope photo) is quintessential of this, as was South Park's attempt to basically include Jesus as a member of their community. Always remember that tropes are neither inherently good nor inherently bad, just tools.
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On the other hand, when employed in works that try to play up Christianity as being "cool" by association, it generally gets a free pass. Others may note that Jesus is Way Cool because he happens to agree with the writer on all sorts of subjects, even those where all the evidence is the other way round. There's also the fact that Jesus is a figure in Islam as well, and general Islamic sentiment is that prophets are sacred and should not be portrayed. Portraying Jesus as a cool dude can somewhat dent his gravitas as a religious figurehead, and as a result some Christians can get offended by (what they consider to be) the trivialization of their Lord and Savior.