(July 23, 2015 at 10:38 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote:(July 15, 2015 at 3:38 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: That Jesus rose and appeared to his disciples is a legend which developed between his death and the writing of the gospels. Maybe it was even started by the disciples; people don't always think through the consequences of their actions. It's not even clear that what might start out as a lie could not have come to be seen as the truth by some disciples; it's well within the range of normal human behavior.
That the disciples were martyred for their beliefs are either mistakes of interpretation (dying for something other than belief), or were legends which were added after the gospels were written.
So, your theory is that it is merely later legend that Jesus appeared to his disciples. Or possibly that the disciples made the whole thing up and conspired together. The disciples didn't actually die rather than recant or reveal their secret; that, too, is simply legend.
Correct?
