@mattiedef
I'm with you. Jesus Christ is a category all his own!
I think Jesus should be separated from the regular Bible stuff. He's universal. He's the Pagan Sun God, He's Lucifer, He's Vishnu, He's The Buddha, The Logos, The Yang...He's an activist, visionary, rebel, humanitarian, seer, sage, mystic, guru, holy man, philosopher, well...one all-around righteous dude!
One can see him as a Gnostic figure, a guy who re-booted & reinvented Judaism & Abrahamism into something far more noble, Progressive & universal, or something different entirely. Sure, he quoted scripture & even endorsed a few of it's points but that's because that's all the people understood.
I think I'll modify my beliefs to "ChristoGnostic NeoPagan".
This counterdicts my last post in some areas but I'm sticking with it.
I also interpret Gnosticism differently, reinterpreting things in a qualified monist fashion & seeing the Demiurge as a mere metaphor. An archetype of "Corrupt Power Hungry Tyrannical Deity".
As far as Deity Pantheons are concerned, I respect the Egyptian & Hindu Pantheons. Pantheons like the Greco-Roman are too Demiurgic.
All Pantheons have flawed characters but some are much more flawed than others.
But they're all merely culture-based symbols & cosmic metaphors, anyway.