Jesus is one of the many mental tools to bring God closer to human understanding, just like any other anthropomorphic or otherwise shaped gods and goddesses. In that sense, Islam is a much more advanced form of monotheism, because God is not made out to look like a human or have any particular shape comprehensible to the conventions and mental habits of the human mind. That sad, understanding Jesus in spirit, rather than pulling quotes from the Bible to suit one's own agenda, is what differentiates Christian spirituality (personal quest for God) from Christian religion (a social institution with everything that goes with it).
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