Ex pastor explains how Christianity is fake

[Anomalocaris]

The number of sincere believers is large.   But there were probably a limited set of supposed occurrences that were instrumental for Christianity gaining critical mass at various stages.  I strongly suspect high percentage of those occurrences were fakes and fabrications, not just the product of genuine wishful thinking.

But it doesn't much matter if the occurrences were genuine, fakes, or wishful thinking.  A belief based on fakes and ponied-up 'miracles' is still a real belief.

Boru

A real belief in intentional fake is worth distinguishing from a real belief resulting purely from confusion.