Jesus and Barabas

Now, because the "gospel truth" was written by disciples of Jesus we cannot take them as gospel accounts of the truth. They were not impartial. Aggregationally, Jesus was criticized for claiming descendency from righteousness because of the company he kept. He fraternized with members of the underworld. In time, as in life, he was mistaken for a thief and tradition insisted that he be given a chance for reprieve in this democracy. The people chose wrong and a man who hung out with low-lifes and the underworld got what comes to people who take such risks. His middle class status was relinquished and he shamed his family by dying the humiliating death of an armed-robber on the cross. And yet this man today commands the psyche of two billion people. I have marvelled that such a dull story has this weight in any theater, but I am told such is the lot of the people of this colony. They call her Earth.