(January 23, 2017 at 9:21 pm)Firefighter01 Wrote:(January 23, 2017 at 8:36 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: Do you have an actual biblical reference for that little gem?
Do you have any realistic idea how long it would take one man to baptize 5,000 people in a river?
At ten minutes each, just under 35 days. That's with uninterrupted logistics and unbelievable mind control. Even 50 would be pushing it uphill. How many would seriously flip their religion after a single sermon?
One thing I've learned by reading the Bible and the Jewish Babylonian Talmud is to never believe any numbers in them.