Quote:Death is pretty permanent. I thought many disciples went on to beome matyrs. And how do you know that "other relatives" looked after their families? Even if they did, wouldn't that have been a substantial burden on the extended family because they'd lost a bread winner?
No, at least not permanently (though those who had families probably left their families in the care of other relatives during Jesus preaching-tours).
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The fact that stares one in the face is that people of the greatest sincerity and of all levels of intelligence differ and have always differed in their religious beliefs. Since at most one faith can be true, it follows that human beings are extremely liable to believe firmly and honestly in something untrue in the field of revealed religion.
(H Bondi, Lying Truths, Pergamon, 1979)
The fact that stares one in the face is that people of the greatest sincerity and of all levels of intelligence differ and have always differed in their religious beliefs. Since at most one faith can be true, it follows that human beings are extremely liable to believe firmly and honestly in something untrue in the field of revealed religion.
(H Bondi, Lying Truths, Pergamon, 1979)
