You're right that everyone approaches these questions with certain assumptions and ideological lenses - myself included.

The key difference, I'd argue, is that I'm trying to return to what Jesus himself emphasized. When we look at the Gospels, particularly the earliest sources like Mark and Q, we see Jesus consistently directing attention away from himself and toward his message of radical love and justice. He prioritizes orthopraxy (right action) over orthodoxy (right belief).

I'm not claiming some neutral, ideology-free perspective - that's impossible for any human. What I am claiming is that Jesus's own words and actions demonstrate he cared more about how people lived than about their theological frameworks or beliefs about him personally.