The DaVinci Myth vs. The Gospel Truth - Online Christian Library

THE DA VINCI MYTH VS THE GOSPEL TRUTH
Theory” give a plausible reason for the Christian
Church? The Church was founded by the apostles, who
preached the Resurrection. If the Fraud Theory were
right, then they knew they had stolen the body and
planted it in the rose garden. But they went ahead and
proclaimed that He had risen from the dead.
Something happened to the disciples that changed
them in a moment, from cowardice to heroic courage.
They said it was that they had seen Jesus risen from the
dead. To say that they stole the body and made up a resurrection
doesn’t make sense. That view does not reflect
the realities of human nature. For example, when two
criminals are charged with the same murder, even when
they have previously been friends, they will almost
invariably accuse the other of pulling the trigger.
The disciples didn’t change their story one bit,
although they had everything to gain and nothing to
lose by doing so. The apostles continued throughout all
of their lives to proclaim that they had seen Him risen
from the dead. Their speaking out led to torture and execution,
but none of them ever sought to save his own
skin by revealing the “plot.”
Dr. Principal Hill, who wrote Lectures in Divinity,
which were popular in the nineteenth century, has
shown the absurdity of the Fraud theory perhaps more
succinctly than anyone else. This is terrific:
You must suppose that twelve men of mean
birth, of no education, living in that humble
station which placed ambitious views out of
their reach and far from their thoughts, without
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