[extropy-chat] Athiest perspectives...

[spike]

You may be right John.  I propose the theory as the best explanation for why
the disciples decided to spend their lives teaching religion: they
themselves thought that Jesus had perished and risen.  Pilate would have had
a good explanation for the emperor if the facts became known: he ordered a
feigned execution in order to quell a riot, then after the crowd went away,
he let the guy go because he was mostly innocent.  Even the Romans didn't
like to slay proles for no reason.

spike



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Spike,
You make the Romans out as nicer guys than I think they actually were. lol 
Despite Pilate trying to be a decent guy, he didn't want potential trouble
brewing which would result in a major reprimand from the emperor for not
maintaining the peace of the land he had been sent to govern.  The
impression I get of Christ in the Gospels is of a man who would not have
backed down and so killing him would have been necessary.  And I don't
see his disciples going out to their eventual martyrdom in the cause of his
message if what they were teaching was a fraud.    

Happy Easter!
Best wishes,
John Grigg : )