(May 24, 2016 at 12:37 am)Irrational Wrote:(May 23, 2016 at 9:54 pm)Godschild Wrote: Everyone needs to forget the recanting and understand these people died for their belief in who Jesus was, the Messiah. That means they believed in the virgin birth, his life lived sinless on earth, his death and resurrection and that He is the Son of God. So with this said, yes they believed in his resurrection.
Well, of course, mass delusion
Even if you meant during the time it still wouldn't apply, there were many thousands by this time and they were spread across a great deal of the Roman Empire.
GC
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.