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Just for a little perspective as to the time in which Jesus lived.   At that
time, capital punishment required a UNANIMOUS vote of the Sanhedran.   This
would be the equivalent of a unanimous vote in Congress.  Imagine just how
unlikely that would be.  And, IIRC, the Sanhedran had more members that both
the House and Senate combined.

Plus they were Jewish and you couldn't get that many Jews to agree on what
to have for dinner, much less anything important. ;-)

To see examples of this, not only do we have the Tanahk (old testament), we
also have the Talmud to explain the Tanahk and the talmud is twice as many
books as the Tanahk.  It also contains various opinions on the same matter.
But the rabbis didn't think this was enough, so they wrote the Mishna to
explain the Talmud.  The Mishna is at least twice as large and more books
than the Talmud.  It has even more conflicting opinions.  Both the Talmud
and the Mishna were written fairly close to the time of Jesus.  I believe a
century or two before, but I could be wrong.

-- Amy

In the beginning was The Word,
and The Word was Chocolate.
  And The Word became flesh, and dwelt upon us forever.
 ~ Confections 1oz:360cal

"Dr. Yacub" <patmos@mecca.org> wrote in message
news:3A3AEA11.2B345260@mecca.org...
> Moryon wrote:
> >
> > Republicans are prolife, but believe in the Death Penalty.
>
> Save the baby...kill the murderer.
>
> > Democrats are prochoice, but disagree with the Death Penalty.
>
> Kill the baby...save the murderer.
>
> > I see people telling their children to ask What Would Jesus Do (WWJD).
>
> Where do you *see* this, psycho boy?
> The Rev. Jesse Jackson's Church Of Satin?
>
> > He would be against the Death Penalty.
>
> You know of no such thing, Moryon.
> If Jesus took a gander at your pathetic ass,
> he might turn you into salt,
> just to shut you the fuck up.