In an "email to the Editor":
You don't think Steve and Jesus are similar?
Compulsive, some say deluded, alleged to have poor diplomatic skills, prone to bouts of
rabble-rousing (in the temple/in the courthouse), profoundly lacking an
inherent sense of self-preservation, and surrounded by a small group of
social outcasts wandering about in the desert (er, swamp)...
In 400 years with the conversion of an American Emperor, we could have a full
fledged cult on our hands!
Prompting:
But of course the distinctions would be:
"Singer does not perform miracles, including healing the sick, raising the
dead, and making more fish and bread, nor does he change water to wine, all
in spite of his own perception of those skills."
"Jesus did not give himself up but had to be betrayed by one of his own.
Steve is rushing to Golgotha with a Messianic Complex"
"Jesus knew when it was over, and he was going to come back in three days.
Steve won't know when it is over, and it is always open to question whether
he will last three days."
"When they roll the stone over one tomb, it will not be moved. The other
one was rolled away. One will have the service of Angels, the other will
not."