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mbczion suggested that the whole thing was a hoax. But why I say? Why would 100% of the disciples get together even after Peter had denied even knowing Jesus and all of the other disciples also abandoned him get together to conspire a hoax which would cause them to be persecuted, journey a lifetime to foreign lands, and eventually be killed. Even planning afore hand that the disciple John would not be killed. How could they have controlled that? And through that 40 or 50 years of journeys, hardships, persecution, torture, and eventually death that not a one of them over that entire period said - oh we just made it up?

No, my rationale says there is no way that it was a planned hoax.


Whether or not Jsus supposed resurrection was a hoax is besides the point. The title of this thread is "who would die for a lie?" and the answer is history is filled with tons of examples. Using your logic, then one can ask, "why would Jews have not only subjected themselves to all these laws and then subject themselves to exile and persecution?, "why would Muslims have rather faced death then to convert to Xtianity during the Xtian cruscades?", etc. etc. Your disciples simply do NOT have a monopoly on dying for an experience and/or belief.
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