Hi Jason. Congratulations on realizing that Christianity does need a shakeup (Hebrews 12:26, Haggai 2:21). Humanity (including Christianity) has always been under the "strong delusion" because we find the truth to be 'uncomfortable'. The first thing Christians have to get used to is real objective, absolute, and unadulterated TRUTH (2 Thessalonians 2:10, not just learn to ACCEPT it, but develop a passion for it and a disdain for SUBJECTIVE truth/bias). Learning to insist on absolute truth in what a person believes may seem to be just a step of acedemia, but first,...TRUTH in communication (when talking) is necessary because truth must be a part of the CHARACTER/spirit (we are to be transformed by the renewal of the MIND, Romans 12:2) and walk as children of LIGHT, Ephesians 5:8, 9,...God is light.What makes this so difficult is that all of Christianity has been trained to love the scholars, pastors, commentaries, and try to put God in easy to understand 'formulas' and scientific text (empiricism). Accepting the truth means to discard these habits of intellectual and scholarly discourse that we've learned to enjoy for the sake of VAIN ego (vanity). But it is also VERY necessary that we each come to know who we are (what kind of person we are). "I am who I am" (Exodus 3:14) wants us to be able to identify with Him, so He tells us that there should be no "self abasement" (no abatement/abandonment of self, Colossians 2:18 and 23). A good sense of "SELF" is not only necessary for SELF discipline, but also for our PERSONal relationship with Jesus (but also so that HE can have a personal relationship with the real you) and for our own TRUE happiness (many people don't know the real SELF and are riddled with insecurities). Many people (including Christians) constantly put on phony smiles and phony personalities because of these insecurities (because they don't know who they are in Christ), but God is no respecter of persons/personalities, He only has regard for a person's true NATURE. So strong has the "strong delusion" been all throughout history that many of the truths in scripture have been ignored, such as..."WORD OF TRUTH" (Ephesians 1:13, 2 Timothy 2:15, John 14:6)."SWORD OF THE SPIRIT" (Ephesians 6:17)."WALK BY THE SPIRIT" (Galatians 5:16 and 25).abolished the sin laws (Ephesians 2:15).live according to "THE LAW OF LIBERTY" (James 1:25 and 2:12)."rivers of living water" (John 7:38, Rev. 7:16).conscience purified (Hebrews 9:14).and much more that we can learn if we "HEAR" (John 10:27) so we can "enter by the door" (John 10:1). Thank you for recognizing that Christianity does need a change today (but you know who got you moving in the "last days", Acts 2:17).