17th April 2004, 6:04 PM
Quote:You sound like you would have been the first volunteer to execute Jesus, He was killed because he exposed the jewish leaders lies and hypocracies so they had their roman masters execute him to silence him before the people would see the truth.
He was killed because he questioned the authority of the ruling elite. He and his followers obviously greatly disliked the ruling elite, and their actions did by effect do things to undermine their power... I didn't say that I would one side or the other, but that if the ruling groups (both Jewish and Roman) had done anything else they'd be condoning actions that would undermine their power... not smart for them. Of course they were also often brutal in their actions, especially the Romans, but that'd just be more reason for the Jewish leaders to do something... they wouldn't want the security situation to get to the point where the Romans could justify action!
Quote:Saladin was a honorible man , I admired him since he was merciful and kind even to his enemies which is sort of what Jesus taught, Even though he did fight a war it was in self defense.Even though he was a muslim I think he was really more a true Christian like unlike the cruisaders.
That well might be true...