The Rise and Fall of Jesus

Most critical scholars who study the resurrection, even though they don't believe Jesus rose from the dead, don't question the disciples' sincerity. A modern Muslim or a modern Christian sincerely believing a miracle happened over a thousand years ago is not good evidence the miracle actually happened. Christians will often say this sincerity is evident in their martyrdom and it's just common to say that eleven of the original apostles along with Paul and James were martyred. The difficulty with this approach is that some Christians treat these facts that all the apostles were martyrs as being historically certain when they aren't.