Contemporaries of Jesus, Presages of Today

Secular Authorities Have Historically Been Indifferent to Religion. But, to Quell the Mob and Maintain the Peace, Pilate Met the Demand of the Jewish Leaders Back Then. Now, Within the Past Twenty Years, Religious Tributes Are Conspicuously Anti-Christian: Kali on the Empire State Building, Shiva at the Hadron Collider, No-One's-Sure-What at the Gotthard Base Tunnel Opening. Finally, to Understand "Pisteuo"--Translated "Believe" in Both John 3:16 and James 2:19