What has happened in all the world's religions is that once the prophet has died the religious authorities become involved with the ruling elite and the message of unconditional love and forgiveness from God becomes corrupted by the temptations of power.
Thus punishment, judgement, and damnation reappear and the carrot and stick of heaven and hell are reasserted.
But every 2000 years God sends a new messenger to renew His message of unconditional love and forgiveness.
And so, if we can extract the essence of Jesus' teaching from the corruptions of power and fear, we can see the truth at last.
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