Jesus was a radical. He wasn't a moderate, and he wasn't a

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fundamentalist. If Jesus had been a moderate, he would have cut a deal with Pontius Pilate and compromised, and walked away. If he had been a fundamentalist, he would have thrown in with the religious folks who were clamoring for him to take the crown.

He was a radical who stood against religious tyranny, and who tried to change things in a fundamental way. He was considered a sinner and a drunk and blasphemer and for those things he got crucified.