Gerry - Examples you cite come from the Old Testament, which springs from different sources and does not have to do with Jesus' life. No, I don't believe every statement from the Bible is literally true (did you actually read what I wrote?) and never said I did.

But though I'm not a church-goer I was raised as a Christian and have no reason to dispute that Pilate asked the crowd whether he should pardon or execute Jesus, and that their answer was to execute. That's all I said. Please don't take my words and extrapolate them.

I'm out of this thread now -