Was Jesus a Semite?
"Day Brown" <daybrown@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Curmudgeon wrote:
>> All Jews know about the Golum. Pity you haven't even bothered.
> I am a Native European, and dont care what Semites think. If that's what
> you call it. If you want to learn how to think, Read Plato & Aristotle.
>
> As for Schoenfield's "The Passover Plot", he points out many
incongruities
> in the story of the crucifixion.
>
> Some points that come to mind:
> The Roman army *owns* a body on the cross, and the whole point of
putting
> it there, was to *leave* it there, as a lesson to all who pass by. They
> also well understood the Semetic cultural tradition of burial as soon as
> possible, and meant to disturb sensibilities on that account.
>
> It was SOP for a soldier to use a club to break the legs. That was not
> done to Jesus. Without sup****t by the legs, the body hangs, making
> breathing difficult, and causing a form of asphyxiation. If anything,
they
> would have provided wine, not vinegar, which is a stimulant. The Romans
> wanted the victim to suffer, and would not have used a spear to shorten
> the suffering.
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