tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211038101553934429.post4947621272580046411..comments2023-10-14T08:54:29.745-07:00Comments on Mr Parker's Blog: A Review of Reza Azlan's "Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth"J. D. Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03669261102545662725noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211038101553934429.post-29699520405099771822020-04-07T01:56:38.397-07:002020-04-07T01:56:38.397-07:00Thank you! I'll check out his stuff!Thank you! I'll check out his stuff!J. D. Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669261102545662725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211038101553934429.post-78260452857285309892018-05-10T06:06:48.741-07:002018-05-10T06:06:48.741-07:00Jolly good. A.N. Wilson is good too, on this.Jolly good. A.N. Wilson is good too, on this.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09663794757699012780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211038101553934429.post-26996152979149278962018-01-26T05:09:43.949-08:002018-01-26T05:09:43.949-08:00Saul was pretty much an early Christian Wahhabi an...Saul was pretty much an early Christian Wahhabi and the first Christians did act as idol-smashing, aggressively proselytising fanatics. Public execution in the arena - like al Qaeda "martyrs" today - merely drew converts to the cause, just like ISIS does from among the poor and disadvantaged, of whom the Ronan Empire had an endless supply. In all this Jesus was irrelevant except as an excuse, much like Muhammad for ISIS. What he says or thought only mattered when convenient. Bill the Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08436195659154078021noreply@blogger.com