Would the Apostles Die for a Lie?(martyrdom and the truth of the Resurrection)(Brief Article)

Free Inquiry | September 22, 2001| | Copyright

I frequently debate conservative believers on topics such as the historical existence of Jesus, the reliability of the Gospels, and the reality of the Resurrection. Certain issues come up like clockwork in debate after debate. You, too, may have wondered about these questions, or they may have been posed to you in similar exchanges.

The first challenge I want to take up is the claim that Jesus must have risen from the dead as the Gospels report, or else we would have to imagine the apostles of Jesus giving their very lives for the sake of what they knew was a ...

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