It's been a while since I read the Gospels, but my recollection is that they tended to portray Jesus as a bloke who routinely hung out with the lowest classes of society, including societal outcasts - rural villagers, fishermen, tax collectors, unmarried women...

He also had short shrift for the religious leaders of the day (which has lead some scholars to believe he was from a pharisee line), and given the comparitive sparsity of analogies relating to the building trade, probably didn't spend much time with dad (forget quaint furniture repair - it's far more likely Joseph was the builder type of carpenter, possibly working on Tzippori).

So it's rather ironic that some Christian congregations and leaders (not everyone believes what their faith leaders tell them to believe - some don't accept those pre-packaged opinions at face value!) seem to have forgotten that Jesus appeared to offer an inclusive faith ("Everyone's welcome") but instead offer an exclusive faith ("If you do X, Y or Z you're not welcome!") and also proclaim their thoughts and opinions loudly (also very ironic given the passage where Jesus is quoted as telling his followers to pray behind closed doors, in private - only mentioning his name if people ask why they're being so altruistic) - never mind all the rules, regulations, doctrines and dogmas applied to various forms of the religion as it grew and diversified (erm, didn't Jesus complain about the over-zealous interpretation of extremely vague laws?), or the "pick 'n' mix" attitude to Leviticus (not to mention complete disregard for the suggested punishments, which were almost invariably public stoning!).