02-02-2010, 12:14 AM
Quote: Good. So we can forget about the 'hugely inflated rates', and 'ripping people off' parts?No.
Quote:And where might those conclusions be based upon? I see no mentioning of it in these phrases.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_and_t...y_Changers
See the bottom, where is starts "Jesus may have been calling for an end to the entire cultic systemâ"...
I believe he was an egalitarian reformer that saw the Sadducee's as hypocrites exploiting the sick and the poor. Infirmity was an expression of sin, so redemption in the time of the second temple cost extra money in the form of sacrifice and donations to the Temple.