Did Jesus want to create a poli-theism religion?

[Jehanne]

The evidence from Mark is that Jesus did not see his death as being sacrificial:


Psalm 22:1 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?...

Of course, Jesus didn't actually say anything on the cross other than "Owie!  Owie!  Goddamn that smarts!"

I think that the passage from Mark is authentic, in that Mark, who wrote in (and, likely spoke) Greek, quotes the words of Jesus in Aramaic, the language that Jesus spoke.

Jesus' passion was no laughing matter, even for the Romans who executed him; Jesus suffered physical trauma & mutilation throughout the whole affair. I think it likely that a few women witnessed his execution from a distance (also recorded in Mark), as they would have blended in; Jesus' male followers, on the other hand, fled the area.