XPost: alt.paranormal, alt.atheism, alt.conspiracy   
   XPost: alt.religion.christian   
   From: andrew.321.remov@usa.net   
      
   "Kenito Benito" wrote in message news:15m4dktt5g5qpmku9qf3uqnpsj   
   o8a07tb@4ax.com...   
   > "Andrew" wrote:   
   >>"Kenito Benito" wrote:   
   >>> "Andrew" wrote:   
   <>   
   >>>>>>After they arrested Jesus they brought Him to the   
   >>>>>>Roman governor of Judaea, Pontius Pilate. They   
   >>>>>>even had to wake him up.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>     Pontius Pilate was from the Samnite clan of the Pontii.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>So it wasn't the Romans, but the Jewish leaders   
   >>>>>>who officially rejected Him, and demanded for   
   >>>>>>Him to be crucified.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>     Crucifixion was the method of execution used by the Romans.   
   >>>>> Jewish leaders would have lobbied for stoning. The Bible only states   
   >>>>> the Jews wanted Jesus killed. Since crucifixion was the method used by   
   >>>>> the Romans at the time for certain offences, that was the method used.   
   >>>>> The Jews had little say in the method of punishment used.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>Yes, but the Jews vehemently petitioned Pilate, specifically   
   >>>>for Him to be crucified.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>"Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to   
   >>>> them. But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him."   
   >>>>                               ~ Luke 23:20 -21   
   >>>   
   >>>    Due to it being the method of execution Rome   
   >>>    used for such crimes.   
   >>   
   >>Why do you think they hated Him so vehemently?   
   >   
   >     I think the story is fictional. But if we accept the tale as   
   > true, he was hated because he challenged the authority and religious   
   > traditions of the Jewish people.   
      
   Obviously so. Jesus was everything good, whereas those in the   
   religious establishment were into legalistic performances that   
   lacked the divine element of love, which is the characteristic of   
   all true religion.   
      
   >     Jesus is also reported to have committed blasphemy by   
   >     claiming to be equal to the God of the Jews.   
      
   Yes.   
      
   Jesus said, "I and My Father are one." Then the Jews took up stones   
   again to stone Him. Jesus answered them, "Many good works I have   
   shown you from My Father. For which of those works do you stone   
   Me?"   
      
   "The Jews answered Him, saying, "For a good work we do not stone   
   You,   
      
   "but for blasphemy, and because You, being a Man, make Yourself   
    God."   
      
      
                                          ~ John 10:30-33   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)