(August 27, 2013 at 9:42 am)Rationalman Wrote:(emphasis mine)(August 27, 2013 at 8:51 am)Sword of Christ Wrote: What advantage did they gain by lying about this?
They got themselves oppressed and martyred in Christs name? That sounds like a good motivation to me does that. You clearly understand human nature. You can imagine them hatching their plot "Hey lets steal Jesus body from the tomb, claim he has come back from the dead and we can become an oppressed minority outcast within Jewish society!"
Just want to edit the followers plot a little bit, here it goes:
'Hey lets steal Jesus body from the tomb, and claim he has come back from the dead. That way, we don't lose face by admitting we were wrong and we get to enthral the guilbile people of this time and so make a lot of money'
Or stupid people believe stupid things, maybe when Jesus didn't resurect they still believed it all anyway. What with the ridiculous ways theists rationalize things nowadays, I theorise it was even worse back then.
look at all the religious folks now. People are clearly willing to believe whatever they're told without evidence. And when asked for evidence you point to other believers and say: why would they lie?! Well SoC, why are you lying?
