I have no reason to believe that the supposed "1000" witnesses isn't just another made up account.
All the best evidence on the growth rate of Christianity shows that it was just as tiny as the growth rate for other cults for its first 200 years.
All the best evidence on the growth rate of Christianity shows that it was just as tiny as the growth rate for other cults for its first 200 years.
My ignore list
"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).
"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).