RE: Chief Priests and Roman Authorities
February 24, 2022 at 10:56 pm
(This post was last modified: February 24, 2022 at 10:56 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(February 24, 2022 at 8:07 pm)Gwaithmir Wrote: If Jesus had actually risen from the dead and appeared to a group of 500 people, wouldn't the Romans have crucified him all over again?Doubtful, they'd kill him some other way, and keep killing him till it took. They were endlessly creative in that particular space.
(February 24, 2022 at 8:15 pm)Foxaire Wrote: Well, yeah, the more human character can be found in the apocrypha.
Ironic, isn't it. In the end, they didn't want a man, didn't need a man. A man with some ideas about reciprocity or human brotherhood was not useful to the institution forming with the religion of christ as a base of power due to it's growing populist appeal. Jesus the jew gets the boot, jesus the man gets the boot. This all assuming there was one.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
