XPost: alt.paranormal, alt.atheism, alt.conspiracy   
   XPost: alt.religion.christian   
   From: andrew.321.remov@usa.net   
      
   "Dawn Flood" wrote in message news:10ap9r5$1rb3v$2@dont-email.me...   
   > Andrew wrote:   
   >> "Dawn Flood" wrote:   
   >>> Andrew wrote:   
   >>>> "Dawn Flood" wrote:   
   >>>>> My best guess is that Jesus was a Jewish apocalyptic preacher who   
   >>>>> got on the "bad side" of the Romans, and they dealt with him in the   
   >>>>> "Roman way."   
   >>>>   
   >>>> No, according to the Bible it was not particularly   
   >>>> the Romans, but the religious authorities of that time.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> After they arrested Jesus they brought Him to the   
   >>>> Roman governor of Judaea, Pontius Pilate. They   
   >>>> even had to wake him up.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> So it wasn't the Romans, but the Jewish leaders   
   >>>> who officially rejected Him, and demanded for   
   >>>> Him to be crucified.   
   >>>   
   >>> Oh, sure, and the Gospels also record that "the sky becomes (became)   
   >>> dark in daytime during the crucifixion of Jesus for roughly three   
   >>> hours..."   
   >>>   
   >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucifixion_darkness   
   >>>   
   >>> I don't believe it; in my opinion, it was "a theological and literary   
   >>> creation" (per the late scholar Raymond E. Brown.)   
   >>>   
   >>> Believe such things, if you wish; I don't.   
   >>   
   >> Thanks Dawn, I hope you have a really nice day!   
   >>   
   >> Bye!   
   >>   
   >   
   > You, too, Andrew!  Fall is coming   
   > soon, and, so, it's "skirt weather"!   
      
   May you be invigorated by that fresh   
   fall air when you do your daily walks..   
      
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