Peteskid - I think that Jesus in the form of a man or woman would seem incredibly out of place in the US, in this society - worship of materialism and self indulgence, personal pettiness. Where even people who are called by his name seem freely to indulge in authoritarian, aggressive hatreds- of immigrants, of gay people, of people who believe in personal freedom, of anyone they essentially don't think is richer and better than they are.

I think that much of the true evil in this society is spawned in the name of Jesus, so he/she would be a pariah in his/her own house; imagine telling this money sponge age of churches to give to the poor, house the homeless, feed the hungry, give love and compassion to everyone---and FORGIVENESS- they would probably react by resorting to their God given right to bear arms.

The Christian Right, seems never to notice a war it does not want to fight, seems ready to become our own brand of Taliban dictating the morals of everyone- as if. So He /She would be in difficulty here just as with the Church before Christianity, 2000 years ago; the people who made him/her immortal by martyrdom.
Anyway..this is a very interesting idea, i will be interested to hear other points of view...other takes on the subject...PK