We find it very easy discard the parts of His message which run counter to our secular, pleasure-based and materialistic way of life.
As with a Chinese restaurant menu, we pick and choose those elements of Christianity we find "tasty" and ignore the rest- ala carte Christianity!
You wouldn't expect the American people to buy into the whole thing, would you? Who wants an American religion that doesn't make some allowance for abortion, fornication and adultery?
Every one wants to build his own god..to his specs, a god with no absolutes.
God calls something an abomination..and they say,ahhhhhhhh He didn't mean this.This is "harmless".
"And every man will do what is right in HIS OWN eyes"....sounds like today to me!