I have a question about Zeitgest the Christian one. Couldn't these religions of been ripping off the Old Testament as it told that the Messiah would come, and they faked it, then the real Jesus came? Because none of these religions came b4 the old testament was written. Its older than any of these, horus, etc....
So was the JEsus story still original since it came after those but those came after the Old Testament which predicted Jesus? What I'm saying is this, didn't the Old Testament predict him and for him to have 12 disciples etc? and these other myths and pagans got the old testament and copied it? Am I right or speaking nonsense? Just curious.
Also why would all 12 of the disciples be put to death for something they didn't truly believe? You can find sources outside of Biblical texts that say these men all claimed he was resurrected, why would u lie knowing your gonna die? THey say they saw him resurrected.
I believe that the deaths of the Apostles increase the certainty level of the historicity of the resurrection to a level that is beyond excuse for disbelief. People do not die for their own lies, half-truths, or fabrications. If the Apostles truly died proclaiming to have seen Christ dead then alive and ascend into heaven, Christ is who He said He was, God incarnate who came to take away the sins of the world.
There is a big difference in dying for something that you believe having received the basis for that belief from someone else and dying for something that you believe because you witnessed the events that establish the belief.