Worship God in Spirit and in Truth. Who has brought to noon-day brightness the realities of life and light. For the Son of God to say this to a wonderfully impressive, accomplished specimen of manhood was striking, to say the least. This had to be the force that jolted the interviewer. John the Baptist first thundered the idea which he graphically illustrated by declaring that lifeless rocks were as significant as gonads.
Gonadal religion is a curse.
But it long had been, and still is, one of the dominate forces in the world. And in most cases it is based on a fantasy. So with Nicodemus and his nation. They were, in no wise, a pure-bred race. To those of us who prize race it is enormously important, fantasy and all.