I thought very carefully about using this particular title in relationship with the following piece as it could be a little contentious – to put it mildly .
Surprisingly, and with all thoughts of the 1950’s biker movie straight out of the window ……… onward ……………………...
Fighting against the establishment isn’t a new thing , and you can forget your -
Che Guevara’s , Red Brigades and William Wallace’s of this world , as we have at least four biblical chroniclers , recording a certain person - peacefully undermining
the Roman authorities - on one hand , and doing something I think we’d all love to do – kicking money lenders ( bankers ) tables over - on the other :)
He was then subsequently - arrested , tried by a kangaroo court and of course - summarily executed …….some things never change ……. do they …!!!.
Then again he would have probably being regarded as a terrorist in today’s world ….
……errrr……sorry did I forget to mention that …….how silly of me :)
Jesus’s Revolution - if indeed I can call it that , as I’ve said was wholly peaceful at the time , but it was of course the idea that was dangerous to the state , and its ironic that this idea , has in time , become a faith that millions now subscribe to on a world wide basis.
Assuming that the bible can be taken as literal at least in parts - using grain of truth syndrome - I have to admire the guy who lead what became a worldwide
revolution , and the fact that the foundations of which still survive today …………
…………….oh yeah……….. I suppose the “fact” that he rose from the dead maybe had a little bearing on the latter too :)
I’m not suggesting that any religion is based on terrorism by the way , and I will not comment on any other religion , as this has been known to cause offence - I’m just drawing a few parallels between Jesus and several other figures who came after him - albeit from a modern perspective , and hence my title .
