"Wanting to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. He had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified."
Just asking here, but are we actually at the point of comparing Jeb Bush to Pontius Pilate??? Are we comparing Theresa Shiavo to Jesus Christ??? I'm just asking because if we are, I think we've gone a bit overboard...
John 15:18-25
18 "If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. 19 If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. 20 Remember the words I spoke to you: 'No servant is greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also. 21 They will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the One who sent me. 22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin. 23 He who hates me hates my Father as well. 24 If I had not done among them what no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen these miracles, and yet they have hated both me and my Father. 25 But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: 'They hated me without reason.'
(from New International Version)
Personally, I find it a little less than ironic that this is taking place during the Easter celebration, thus the appropriateness of my first post.
And regarding your username, I am afraid that is what conservatives may do to the Republicans come next election cycle if they continue to fail on fundamental conservative principles. We're tired of talk.
We're positively drowning in overboardness it seems to me. Sheesh.
Many Freepers went overboard on this issue quite a while ago. You probably didn't see the thread where somebody photoshopped Terri onto a picture of Jesus on the cross.
yes, some are doing that. i'm with terri as much as anyone, but some people are losing it.