About Jesus!

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ib.me.ub the bible clearly states in many places that it was way more than just 12 people that believed in Jesus when he was alive. Aside from his 12 apostles he had a huge following according to the New Testament, although I personally believe that most of the stories told of him were fictional. I am one of the few atheist on this site that does not believe that Jesus ever existed and I have many reasons for those convictions as well.

Here are some biblical texts to dispute your claim that he only had 12 followers:

Matthew 4:25
And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan.

Matthew 8:1
When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.

Matthew 15:30
And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them:

There are many more but I think that this short list should suffice to prove my point. The real question we should be asking is that if he was so great and did so many signs and wonders and had such large multitudes following him (the bible at times numbers them in the thousands) why was there not a revolt during his capture? Where were all these people that were so moved and greatly benefited from his ministry? Any Christian would reply that he died because that was the will of the father etc. but from a logical standpoint it makes no sense that no one tried to save him. Even the twelve were scattered when he was allegedly captured and crucified, one killed himself and the others just ran and hid.