Jesus was not only executed as a blasphemer against the law, but as a rebel against the state. Crucifixion was a punishment for escaped slaves and for rebels against Roman rule. It was a political punishment for rebellion against the social and political order of the Roman empire. However tolerant the Romans are said and thought to have been in matters of religion, the Roman empire and the peace it brought came to be associated with the compulsory recognition of the Roman emperor cult. And so Jesus was crucified not just to maintain the good order of Jerusalem, but in the name of the state gods of Rome to assure the peace of the empire....... Jürgen Moltmann "The Crucified God"
What is the religious law and what are the state gods that seek to kill off the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth today?
What is the religious law and what are the state gods that seek to kill off the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth today?
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