But why does anyone need Jesus to foster such beliefs? The philosophes of the French Enlightenment (Diderot, Voltaire, Rousseau) made these values the pillars of their social revolution without needing to refer to Jesus. Freedom, equality, and inclusiveness are the politically correct slogans most au courant at every meeting of today’s academic professionals. Who can be against them? Yet in the New Testament Jesus’ struggle is depicted as a dramatic victory over the powers of sin, death, and Satan.