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 Rick, that Jesus ""hadn't a clue about what was happening to him"" might be your view but it's certainly not ""evidently"". ""the most important thing about him was not anything he said, which we can safely ignore, especially when we diagree with it"" sounds like liberal theology to me. For proper Christianity both life and death of Jesus are important - and yes, Archola, if Jesus didn't live at all, Christianity is pointless.   "