(August 27, 2013 at 8:51 am)Sword of Christ Wrote:(August 27, 2013 at 8:38 am)Rationalman Wrote: How do you know they loved him, because they said so?
They wouldn't have been his followers if they didn't?
Quote:I'll let you in on a little secret, everybody lies
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!"
They got the satisfaction Joseph Smith got...and he died too.