>>Don't get me wrong, what I believe is just that often it is better for somebody and just read the Bible for themselves and don't take everything for granted what the commentators or religious leaders tell them about it. Of course it's OK to study some commentaries, but everybody should learn to think for themselves.
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>Think for themselves? Ha! Exactly opposite of what a religion is about. There's a dogma, and the requirement to believe in it. You may think for yourself as long as it leads to more believing. Various religions have invented a number of words for those who thought for themselves the wrong way - heretic, apostate, renegade...

Exactly my point, Jesus' description in the Bible was exactly about that, a battle against the religious leaders and institutions of his time. What was funny during that time, there were two mainstream religious traditions, the Pharisees and the Sadducees. They were enemies with each other, but in the fight against Jesus they joined forces together and created a coalition against the common enemy. Their doctrinal separation suddenly was less of a hurdle in the view of their common ground of hatred against the simple man.