Not stupid, willfully deluded. They do not want to believe in the real Jesus, so they make up their own version of Him to fit their desires. It’s not because they can’t comprehend what the Bible says; it’s just that they reject it.
She’s not alone either. Her basic premise is one of the things at the heart of “liberation” theology, and a cover that socialists have been using forever to disarm Christian opposition.
Read 1984 again. It’s called ‘doublethink’ in newspeak.