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That just might have been the way it happened. The Pharisees had a serious bone to pick with Christ and didn't have a problem with getting rid of him for political expediency. I don't think that accurately pointing out the corrupt and amoral practices of religious leaders means that the author carries a bias against the faith.

EG. Any Catholic Priest that sexually molests an 8 year old acolyte and then gets his bishop to rig up a transfer should have no more of a chance of getting into heaven that a camel should have of passing through the eye of a needle. Decide for yourself whether my statement makes me inherently anti-catholic.

32 posted on 02/26/2004 9:14:48 AM PST by .cnI redruM (At the end of the day, information has finite value and may only come at a significant price.)

EG. Any Catholic Priest that sexually molests an 8 year old acolyte and then gets his bishop to rig up a transfer should have no more of a chance of getting into heaven that a camel should have of passing through the eye of a needle. Decide for yourself whether my statement makes me inherently anti-catholic.

Certainly not anti-catholic in my book. I share your sentiments with those individuals who willingly participated in such a horrific scheme. I personally believe that noone who has ever been alive could even remotely conceive of the "reception" those individuals will receive from Christ.

77 posted on 02/26/2004 10:20:29 AM PST by COBOL2Java (If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you are reading this in English, thank a soldier.)

That just might have been the way it happened.

In a pig's eye. Even Rome herself was embarassed by the bloodthirst of Pontius Pilate, who never hesitated for a second to off any jew that looked to exhibit leadership potential of any sort. Whatever any evil cabel of jewish leaders (which is your apparent defense now--argument by captulation, I guess) might have had in mind for jesus would have had the effect of a fart in a hurricane on Pontius Pilate.