I don’t think it is so much “unquestioning loyalty and trust” but a loving relationship with the creator of the universe. It is hardly a distinction without difference. The story continues that God came to earth as a man who, while innocent, was brutally murdered, for spreading this message. That doesn’t sound like controlling (nor trauma-induced) behavior to me. Instead it sounds like the ultimate sacrifice for a loved one.

Finally, you missed the part where humans chose to be cast away, the consequences of sin are death.

Either way, I pray this truth is revealed to you and that you are blessed in your day and week.