A Carpenter, Sawing and Nailing A Cross Into a Waterbed Frame

PILATE COULD'VE SAID: "This man has done no harm. He is free to teach, and to go where he wishes, and to say whatever he pleases. Anyone who harms a hair on his head shall be brought before me, which is to say, shall be brought before Caesar Augustus, for I am HIS representative in Judea. The result will not be pleasant."...(now, just how cool would THAT have been???) But no, Pilate istead washed his hands, which made the Christian religion possible. God had to see to it that events unfolded so as to render the Christian faith extant, and to that end a more just Pontious Pilate would not do. Otherwise, how could God be sure that Christ would be crucified, and prophecy fulfilled? HE had to be sure, HE had to make it happen, by interfering, just a smidge. God intervenes and shepherds events towards a single conclusion. So much for free will, at least, in pure form. God gave Adam and Eve free will, but not everyone, not all the time. One might wish that HE had similarly interveningly discouraged Eve from listening to the serpent, or had placed the "tree of knowledge" a bit further down the road, or, perish the thought, had even allowed a coupla curious humans to take a bite. Take a bite for granny. Take a bite for free. Take the load off granny, and put the load, right on me. Or, how about this? I forgive you, the human race, for your sins. Day of Jubilee. Take down the cross, it'll make a good water bed frame.