Jerry:
You can post speculation and opinion but please state that the eventuality of the Jesus movement as preached by Jesus leading to violent revolution is an opinion or post where he preached violent revolution. Ghandi fostered and led a peaceful revolution. Remember his, Jesus', Army was Not Of This World.
As for politics and religion being one and the same, I never said they weren't intrically linked. The Politics of the Christian West is in Conflict with the Politics of Islamic East and has been for what seems to be forever. Each political leader has been espopusing Christian, Islamic, and in Israel, Judaic doctrine. As the saying goes more people have been killed in the name of God than for any other reason
Herod ruled with the approval of Rome and the Jewish leaders were addressed in postm 52.