Unfortunately, what hasn't healed is the guilt and shame of traditional Christian believers who continue to accept Paul's interpretation of the death of Jesus. The rationalization for this guilt and shame is that mankind is so sinful that it required no less than the death of a Son of God to atone for the individual and collective sins of mankind. That is the carry-over of Paul's interpretation that hasn't been healed yet, and won't be healed until Christians accept Jesus' loving-God concept rather than the Old Testament concept of a wrathful God.

Even today, the guilt and shame of Jesus' murder, death, and sacrifice overwhelm many believers, especially during the Easter season. For many, their guilt is almost insurmountable: Guilt for sins committed; guilt for sins not yet committed; guilt for sins that surely will be committed since we are sinful and without possibility of not sinning until we pass from this lifetime; guilt for the associated sins of others, guilt for the sins of humanity; and on and on.

We no longer need to feel guilty, individually or as the race of humanity for Jesus' death. Though we mourn his death and despise the actions of his murderers, we can accept the occurrence of his death just as Jesus accepted it, without guilt or anguish.

With a Loving-God Theology and Jesus' own loving concepts of God, traditional Christian theology is cleansed of the toxic shame, guilt, and even embarrassment that millions of believers have felt. We no longer need to kneel and bow in shame and guilt. We can stand beside Jesus, basking in the radiance of our Creator-Mother-God’s almighty, eternal, and constant light of love. We are His children and we have a clear way home. We are wanted and we are needed in God's great universe. Nothing stands in our way except our reluctance to wholeheartedly embrace God's eternal, unconditional love.