But thank you for pointing out that aspect
I can't let you weasel out of that one. You wrote earlier: "Republicans must come to grips with the truth that they are not the Christian party. Christ did not 'force' anything on anyone. He gave us a choice to accept His love. Yes, there are consequences for making the wrong decision but at no point in the New Testament did He 'force' anything on anyone. He always gave the choice of free will."
... and I replied, "How would you characterize Jesus driving the moneychangers out of the temple with a scourge of cords?"
And your response was, "Exactly what He said He was doing. Protecting His Father's (or His) house"?
No offense, but Christ driving people out of the temple with the threat of a beating can only be described as forcing his will on people. In fact, your entire characterization of Christ is bogus. Christ threatened non-believers with hell and eternal damnation, and threatened the disobedient with a beating with "many stripes". Our (man's) current system of justice differs only with Christ's system of justice in that our system of justice promises punishment for criminal or disobedient acts in this life.