Kenneally's mention of Jesus' association with outcasts moved me. I'm not sure why; it's not as though it was an unfamiliar concept. Anyway, I've been banging around in Mark this evening. What anarchy!

well-behaved messiahs rarely make history. < / laurel thatcher ulrich (-ish) >

anyway, yeah...not a christian here, but one of the things i really like about the guy is the fact that his most ardent 'followers' would get a heck of shock if they actually met him. most of them probably wouldn't like him at all.