I've read The dispossessed and The left Hand of Darkness. They both had well written male protagonists in my opinion.
I just realized almost all the books I've read are written by men, except a couple of Ursula K. le guin books.
His wife ? I thought priests are supposed to be unmarried ? I googled and couldn't find any mention of his wife.
Doesn't matter? If u don't believe in it, just adding an "According to the Bible, ..." in the beginning would have been enough. And I'm not claiming it, I'm an atheist myself. But there was really no need for words like 'fantasy' or 'cult leader'.
You could just say "According to the Bible, today Jesus resurrected after being dead for 3 days"Trying hard to offend people, are we?
I've had some dead kittens because of being bloated.