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In reply to the discussion: 10 Reasons to believe Jesus Preached Islam [View all]marylandblue
(12,344 posts)And when someone else does that, you object loudly. Also you miss the point. Whether it was drove, whipped, smacked, or magically made their feet move, it was not a nice thing to do, and in every other society that has ever existed, forcing people out of a sacred space without sanction from religious authorities was regarded as illegal, and they arrested him less than a week later, a week when they were apparently looking for him, so it's not a baseless speculation that this was the immediate cause of his arrest, or at least a contributing factor.
The point of the story is apparently to show that there was a new religious authority in town, with new rules, and I think many Christians would agree with that without hesitation. But that doesn't mean the people he drove out liked it or accepted it, and I think many Christians would agree with that too.
Of course, Judea around 30 CE could be the place and time where most people actually liked being driven out of their sacred space by whips, but that would be baseless speculation on your part, and I know you would never do that, would you? Maybe they were really into sadomasochism, you know.