Truth of resurrection and death of the apostles (for Willowtree)

No, the women were characters in in variants of a story. Really? Where in the Synoptics did you read of these conversations? Or did you simply make it up?

Is this not equally strong evidence for the numerous Gnostic and Jewish sects purged by the victors of early Christian sectarian conflict?Is it not even stronger evidence for Judaism, repeatedly villified and viciously attacked by state sponsored Christianity?Certainly Islamic martyrdom should be counted as "strong evidence".And what of Maghi (Mela Muktsar) and Guru Arjan Dev Ji, exemplars of Sikh martyrdom? Is this not likewise "strong evidence"?And surely there exists no finer meld of inspiring miracle and martyrdom than the Martyrdom of the Bb. How do we weigh this "strong evidence" of the Baha`i faith?Martyrdom is the province of sociology and psychology. Religious martyrdom is simply one manifestation of the incessant and pervasive willingness of untold numbers to die for a cause. The martyrdom of Polycarp no more validates Christanity than does the martyrdom of Al Qaeda pilots validate Islam.

The "big difference" is that you believe legends for which there is no evidence, no substantiation. Nothing more.

That's a bit like pointing to all the places in The Wizard of Oz that corroborates the Wicked Witch of the West. Rather than another laundry list, why not submit for discussion the single piece of evidence that you find most probative? What history, specifically?