For that matter, if Jesus returned and resumed his ministry in the modern USA, I'd actually expect more Christians to be "scandalized" than atheists. There are

For that matter, if Jesus returned and resumed his ministry in the modern USA, I'd actually expect more Christians to be "scandalized" than atheists. There are two possible approaches to the Jesus story. One is to realize that he was criticizing the abuse of religious power in general, and make an effort to avoid that. Of course, the preferred approach for those who actually do abuse religious power is to assume that his criticism focuses on some evil peculiar to the Jews, since being antisemitic is always less work than being introspective...