(June 3, 2013 at 11:41 pm)Drich Wrote:(June 3, 2013 at 4:48 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: I think you have a point, Drich; but so-called miracle-workers were a dime-a-dozen in that region and time. It was easy to convince people you were divine or connected to the divine with a flashy miracle or clever prophecy.How many of those prophets/ their religions from the time of Christ are still around?
There aren't any prophets from 2,000 years ago still around.

There wasn't a successful new religion originating in Middle East for nearly a thousand years after the time of Jesus. Are you claiming it's because his miracles were more impressive? I thought it was because his message appealed to the masses and Paul worked like a horse to establish it