Strike Freedom, you sound like a generic Kira fanboy who tries to defend your favorite character from the obvious fact that he isn't progressing anymore. There is never an excuse for that; a good character keeps evolving. Kira is just boring and predictable now. This could have been avoided easily, by him at least once reflecting over the fact that his "pacifist ways" kills just as much in the end as it would have even if he killed people outright.

Kira is just a coward who doesn't dare to stain his own hands any longer.

And for the love of coffee, don't EVER compare Kira to Jesus again. That's just scary.

Edit: Note also that "but this is Shinn's show, it's his turn to develop" is not a valid argument because Kira's screentime is ridiculously big already, for a show that isn't even supposed to be about him in the first place.