Serge: When I say this I dont want to be thought of anti-semtic in any way, but history is history and we must not forget it or change it. Many accounts of Jesus' death, both in the Gospels and others, all say the same thing. The teachings of Jesus and his followers angered the Sanhedrin or the Pharisees -- who were the elder Jewish statesmen in Judea. This was well known to the Romans. Thus, in order to avoid an up rising by the Jewish statesmen or any sort of civil unrest, the Romans killed Jesus. Those are the simple facts. I do think , however, you can apportion the blame between the Jews and the Romans. Now, the great thing about history, which we forget in today's society, is that we can't change it. We should not re-write history to fit our modern day societal or political goals. What we must do is know our history to insure that the mistakes that have been made in the past are not repeated in the future. Wow...that was way too deep even for me. Rubas