I think part of the problem is that the Bible is mostly a book of analogy, and analogies require historical and social context to be meaningful.
The vast majority of Christians barely know their home country’s history, let alone the history of the Levant from 2k years ago.
So when they hear a story about the good Samaritan, they don’t understand the context. To them it just means good people go to heaven. In reality Samaritans were thought to be heretical by the Jews, who often destroyed their temples.
So they miss the underlying point, that even if you are from a heretical evil cult, you are more likely to go to heaven if you are good in practice when compared to a man of the cloth who does not practice what they preach.
I think part of the problem is that the Bible is mostly a book of analogy, and analogies require historical and social context to be meaningful.
The vast majority of Christians barely know their home country’s history, let alone the history of the Levant from 2k years ago.
So when they hear a story about the good Samaritan, they don’t understand the context. To them it just means good people go to heaven. In reality Samaritans were thought to be heretical by the Jews, who often destroyed their temples.
So they miss the underlying point, that even if you are from a heretical evil cult, you are more likely to go to heaven if you are good in practice when compared to a man of the cloth who does not practice what they preach.