12 Unbelievably Bad Marketers in Jerusalem

[Firefighter01]

When I speak to Christians, they say no one would die for a scam and therefore the stories about Jesus must be true. Thoughts?

So would the apostles have died for this? Yes, if they sincerely got themselves to believe in their message. They didn't have to be outright liars, they could have been emotional, ideologically driven, fallible humans, who chose to take a leap of faith on a far-fetched story to give their lives continued meaning, and ultimately use that as the basis to brave martyrdom.

What makes you think any of them had to brave martyrdom or even existed at all? All you have is sketchy evidence in the Bible.