What would surprise Jesus about Christmas in 2025

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15. Wasn't that "altruism" thinking actually refined by Saint Paul?

I believe the Apostles taught Jesus' words and deeds because they were the first-hand witnesses to his life. But Paul came later and his divine revelation added a layer of "Christianity-theory" - for lack of a better term - that the original witnesses to Jesus' life hadn't learned on their own.

I'm not a Biblical expert, but I was raised in the Catholic Church. We were taught that it took almost 100 years and probably 2 or 3 generations of early-Christian teachers to finally figure out Christ's message to humanity. Luckily the words and deeds of Jesus were written down while a few of the first witnesses were still living. There was no idea to establish a church or a new religion until much later, probably in the first century A.D.