08-29-2003, 01:05 PM
From a STRICTLY religious point of view,
Jesus was born to die on the cross.
It was the reason for his coming.
The mob of jews who chose the thief (forgot his name... Barrabus?) over Jesus were just pawns in God's master plan.
So per the bible blaming the jews for Jesus's death is silly, they should be thanked, for facilitating the conclusion he came here for.
ON a personal note.....
I think a LOT of the Jesus shit got rewritten AFTER his death. I would bet a TON of money that Jesus never made many of the statements attributed to him. His disciples were left hanging in the wind, their boss was killed and their asses were next. I KNOW that they took the body from the tomb thus giving rise to the "ascention" myth. AND they started to embelish actual events, to scare people with the wrath of god, should they be killed next.
Jesus was born to die on the cross.
It was the reason for his coming.
The mob of jews who chose the thief (forgot his name... Barrabus?) over Jesus were just pawns in God's master plan.
So per the bible blaming the jews for Jesus's death is silly, they should be thanked, for facilitating the conclusion he came here for.
ON a personal note.....
I think a LOT of the Jesus shit got rewritten AFTER his death. I would bet a TON of money that Jesus never made many of the statements attributed to him. His disciples were left hanging in the wind, their boss was killed and their asses were next. I KNOW that they took the body from the tomb thus giving rise to the "ascention" myth. AND they started to embelish actual events, to scare people with the wrath of god, should they be killed next.