... , nor was it necessarily the result of a divine dispensation. The philosophy of Socrates was as liberating - perhaps as salvific - as the religion of Jesus. Not all scholars agreed. Some, like Joseph Priestley, argued that Socrates' thought was elaborate and beautiful, but Jesus' ideas and life were the very embodiment of God on this earth. Christian intellectuals, drawing on this idea, have ... for their beliefs. Jesus developed many political enemies and was viewed as a threat to the Roman authorities current way of living. As we all know, Jesus was crucified on the cross as a public d...

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