Am I thinking too much about this?

To preface this, I am autistic and very sensitive to word choices and have a long-standing issue of thinking too deeply about things. This has been haunting me all day, and if I don't write this out, I'll go crazy. This is going to be a long read. I apologize. Also, DISCLAIMER: No. I do not feel persecuted. No. I'm not planning on going all debate bro on my professor about this. Yes. People are allowed to have their own opinions and views on the bible and what it says. Yes, I am aware that by joining this type of class, I am going to be faced with ideas and opinions that are vastly different from my own.

Okay, so today in one of my university classes, we were focusing on the topic of healing and such in Ancient Religions. And one of the stories we read was from the book of Mark of Jesus healing the sight of a blind man, to specify it's the one with him, just using his saliva, not the one with the mud. And one of the topics after every story we talk about, the professor asks, "Does this seem to be more religion or magic?"

I raised my hand, and when I was called on, I immediately started with, feeling super confident, "Well, because Jesus is God," and before I could continue my answer, my professor immediately interrupted me by saying, "Jesus isn't God." I was honestly really shocked by him making such a bold blanket statement that I couldn't even think. He then went on to say that in the book of Mark, he is not God, let alone the son of God, and that his being the Messiah is barely there, and that the idea of Jesus being God wasn't until later on. He then immediately moved on from me to someone else, where he seemed to want to stick the point home of Jesus not being God by pointing out that it took Jesus two tries to fully heal the man's sight.

At that point, I started to feel uncomfortable as it started to feel less like an educational moment and more like a gotcha. To preface this, the professor does know I'm Christian. I honestly felt a bit humiliated, and for a moment, I felt like I looked uneducated and ignorant to the rest of my class. My head was reeling after this, so I felt the need to do my own research on the topic. And from it, I discovered that the topic is much more complex than how he made it out to be. He did make a good point on how Jesus is a bit more of a mysterious figure in the book of Mark, but I feel like then also saying that he's not even suggested to be God or the son of God is disingenuous. Especially in a class where we are encouraged to focus on the complexities of ancient Mediterranean religions and their practices and stories.

I am aware I come from a biased perspective, so any time the bible is brought up, and I have an opinion that I know comes from a Christian perspective, I always make sure to preface that. However, even if I am to just focus on the Bible as a piece of literature, I feel that it's a bit tactless to make such a sweeping statement on such a historically relevant piece of literature. And certainly one of the most debated, especially in the scholarly world. Also being aware that many of the students are just going to take him at face value as the professor and person of power, and trusted to have better knowledge on the topic. I think what really bugs me is the complete shutting down of what could be an interesting conversation on the complexity of Jesus' identity in Mark, compared to the other Gospels.

I think one of my frustrations is that I am aware of my own biases and I am able to put those aside; in comparison, I feel like he was showing his own biases and making them facts. And honestly, after that moment, I started to feel self-conscious about answering questions he would ask the class. I feel like it's two different statements to say "It's less clear on the true identity of Jesus in the book of Mark," and "Jesus isn't God in the book of Mark". One opens the conversation for further in-depth thought about the topic, the other is a hard, cold fact that leaves no room to breathe. Also, coming from just a literature standpoint, making that point just because it is not explicitly said that he is compared to other books, I feel, is incorrect.

Do I have the right to feel frustrated and/or weird about this? Am I thinking too much about this? Should I just leave it as a throwaway statement? Am I just being too sensitive, and it's actually not that deep? Help???