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From: Daily Breeze
Date: 20061225
Author:Paul Viggiano

Ambrose Bierce, in his Devil's Dictionary, defines politics as "A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles." This was as true 2,000 years ago as it is today.

Jesus was greeted at birth with a political conspiracy. Herod and his advisers wanted the baby terminated. Just why would Herod, a puppet of the Roman Empire, want to kill a little baby? Jesus met this type of hostility all his life. When he re-entered the public arena as a 30-year-old man, the political and religious conspiracy to kill him continued until its success.

Why does everybody want to kill Jesus? Why would ...

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