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Originally Posted by Taomon
But that is only according to Christian theology (or should I say, mythology). The historical Jesus and his followers hid for months prior to the Sabbath when Jesus appeared riding a donkey (in a self proclaimed invocation of prophecy).
The historical Jesus did not want to be executed by the Romans for proclaiming his birthright of restoring the Davidic Throne.
However, we know nothing of Jesus' views on capital punishment against the Romans had the Davidic throne been restored.
And let's face it, Jesus dying for our sins is a crock of s**t.
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The only source of information we have available to us concerning this issue is the Bible and a few Gnostic Gospels. All we can do is read them and draw conclusions based on them. That is why I said in my first post in this thread that the best we can hope to do is speculate......