Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem



Seeing Jesus as a charismatic wannabe revolutionary is possible. So is assuming that he was politically inept or stark raving mad. Maybe both.

Another option is seeing Jesus as a great teacher, one of the world's best: in the same league as Socrates, Kapila and Confucius.

The 'up' side of the 'great teacher' view is that it acknowledges our Lord as someone who talked about ethics and made sense.

The 'down' side, and it's a big one, is that Jesus of Nazareth said this....

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