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What's the passage? My Biblical knowledge is not forthcoming.
It is a likely fiction.Thoughts?
Pilate could have always rearrested Barrabus later. He needed to quell a possible riot.I don't know. I was always told it was because Barabbas was a popular revolutionary, but it doesn't seem likely to me that Pilate would release a revolutionary, much less a popular one.
Pilate had also asked a leading question when he asked the crowd if they would have him execute "their king." they had to reply that they had no king but Ceasar or would have been in trouble of not recognizing Ceasar above all other Gods. They also condemned themselves with God by saying that Ceasar came before Him.Herd mentality.
People acting as pawns of their religious leaders, much like we saw in Jonestown and Wako.
I don't know. I was always told it was because Barabbas was a popular revolutionary, but it doesn't seem likely to me that Pilate would release a revolutionary, much less a popular one.
It is a likely fiction.
Herd mentality.
People acting as pawns of their religious leaders, much like we saw in Jonestown and Wako.
Pilate had also asked a leading question when he asked the crowd if they would have him execute "their king." they had to reply that they had no king but Ceasar or would have been in trouble of not recognizing Ceasar above all other Gods. They also condemned themselves with God by saying that Ceasar came before Him.
You know, Quag, since last night I've been trying to come up with something mind-blowing to post about this, but I just can't. I love your Freudian interpretation of the ID, Ego, and Superego, though. It works well...
I imagine some will argue that it was fated for Barabbus to be chosen. After all, the choice made Jesus more powerful a figure. Would he have been as influential without being martyred?
Others would argue that this is one case where spelling matters. But it's an argument sadly out of place in a thread that seems to focus on the idle exchange of uninformed opinion.I imagine some will argue that it was fated for Barabbus to be chosen.
Others would argue that this is one case where spelling matters. But it's an argument sadly out of place in a thread that seems to focus on the idle exchange of uninformed opinion.
Barabass=the Id (instinct)
Jesus=the super ego (enlightened, altruistic self)
The crowd=the ego (the part of our minds that chooses between the two)
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neat INsight Quag!
Barabass=the Id (instinct)
Jesus=the super ego (enlightened, altruistic self)
The crowd=the ego (the part of our minds that chooses between the two)
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neat INsight Quag!
Thanks Stacey.
INformed... by who?
inFORMATION... by what source?
In formation =("This opinion currently under construction")
INsight... through whose eyes?
In-sight (looking in)
illuminated or luminated??
Or in many cases, laminated. those are the opinions that get us in trouble.
INdoctorination.
who'se doin' the doctoring?
We all doctor up information a bit to fit our opinions.
The mystery is fun!
It's all good.
Now I have Sarah M's "Building a Mystery" playing in my head (it doesn't take much)
Denigrating scholarship no doubt makes you feel more comfortable with opinions devoid of it.Lol! Well, lets look at what we're talking about here Jay;
The Bible, one of the murkier bogs in the murky pond of human history. Something about which even the most "informed" concensus is largely based on guess work, ie, uninformed opinion.