Why do people shrink the gospel into a few sentences which happen to suit their own prejudices then use these texts to justify the most unChristian behaviour towards their own brothers and sisters. Beats me!

Someone once called it, "snatching at scripture texts then erecting them into the sole criterion for good and evil."

And who would crucify a man who went around Palestine helping old people cross the road and patting young children on the head? Who would do that? It makes no sense.

The set punishment for blasphemy was stoning to death. The set punishment for criminals (thieves and political transgressors) was crucifixion. We know Jesus wasn't a thief, so...

Jesus was a political threat.