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carolinayellowdog

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13. Executed for causing a disruption at the Temple during Passover-- posthumous visions by disciples
Sat Dec 27, 2014, 06:37 PM
Dec 2014

All that seems TOTALLY PLAUSIBLE to me as a nonbeliever, far more plausible than that all these stories were concocted out of thin air within a generation or two of a nonexistent person's non-demise.

The resurrection stories are far more intriguing to me than the birth narratives, because AGAIN it is totally plausible that after the execution of a charismatic figure, his followers would have visions of him. Suspending judgment of how "real" any of those posthumous encounters were, I still don't consider them coordinated fraud. Maybe wishful thinking, as encounters with recently dead relatives, friends, etc. are NORMAL psychologically rather than some weird aberration.

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