On Creationism

There is a theological reason and a historical reason, and while the theological reason is arguably more important, this is about the historical reason. Was Jesus executed by the Jews or the Romans? And on what charge? Blasphemy? The Jews may have convicted him of blasphemy, but Jesus was crucified; it was the Roman's who did the did, therefore he necessarily must have been found guilty of breaking Roman law, and the Romans would not care one jot if he blasphemied against the Jewish religion - Pilate did that himself! That is not to say the priests did not find him guilty of blasphemy, and then frame him for sedition; that is a possibility. But even if that is the case, he was not executed for blasphemy, he was executed for sedition. Note that the Bible tells us the Jews were allowed to execute blasphemers; if Jesus was accused of blasphemy, they had no need to hand him over to Pilate, they could deal with it on there own, just as they did with Stephen. Acts 7:59 They went on stoni...

 Pilate was an extremely powerful man. He answered to the Legate of Syria, who in turn answered to Emperor Tiberius, so was far, far up the chain of command. He was in charge of a region that encompassed, butwas larger than, the Jewish kingdom of Judah. He even issued his own coins . He was a long way from being merely a petty Roman official. But what was he like? Josephus mentions him in both Antiquities of the Jews and The Jewish War. He recounts the same events in both works, and we read of a man who did not care about Jewish sensibilities and had no qualms about killing Jews who stood against him. 1. But now Pilate, the procurator of Judea, removed the army from Cesarea to Jerusalem: to take their winter quarters there; in order to abolish the Jewish laws. So he introduced Cesar’s effigies, which were upon the ensigns, and brought them into the city: whereas our law forbids us the very making of images.6 On which account the former procurators were wont to make their entry into...