I like reading your work, Paul. So wasn't I following you?!? Not sure.

For me, you make some good points—but based on texts that are not authentic.

For starters, Peter didn't write the books of Peter, Paul did. Any scholar worth their salt will tell you, the books are psedupigrapha, forgeries placed into the Roman Catholic Bible by early Pauline adherents who worshped a version of Jesus that was more mythical than historical. See the below article.

Why Jesus Left the Church

Does the Christian Church Really “Believe In” Jesus?

https://keith-michael.medium.com/why-jesus-left-the-church-aab86cb3dd0e

So, while I love some of the things you say, can you back them without quoting Paul of Tarsus? The truth is based on the witness of 2 or 3. Paul is his own witness ... on that oddly, no one can accurately vouch for.