(January 13, 2010 at 5:54 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: And, If I'm not mistaken, Jesus also had a following of no less than 70 or 72 (depending on the manuscript) followers (according to Luke 10).
Well, even 70 dosen't seem like alot. Out of the entire known World, a whole 70 believed in him!
Apart from anything else, this gives you a good representation of human behaviour considering, today, almost everybody knows who he was. It shows us how a good story mixed with elements of of human fear instinct (of death) can lead to mass brain washing by the established church.
