WILLOWTREE writes:
Yes, indeed, there are only two options: We christians are liars or we are telling the plain truth - there is nothing in between.
Sure there is something in between: Christians are mistaken. Mistaken people aren't liars.
WILLOWTREE writes:
All of the sources about the Apostles and their deaths are in complete agreement : They all died a horrible martyrs death, and they died ALONE.
Please feel free to clothe your naked assertion with at least a few garments of supporting evidence at anytime.
WILLOWTREE writes:
In each case all they had to do was recant and be let go and their fellow apostles would never know they recanted.
You will need to demonstrate that at the time of the apostle's death, his life would have been spared by recanting. Otherwise the point is irrelevant. In my time on internet fora, I've presented this challenge to more Christians than I care to count, and to date none has presented any such demonstration.
Of course, you could always try to be the first...
WILLOWTREE writes:
Before Jesus died He predicted His death and resurrection which if true validates as true everything else He said.
No, it doesn't. Jesus' resurrection could be an elaborate trick played on Christians by Loki, the Norse god of mischeif, in order to make you come to the irrational conclusion you just stated.
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