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The Gospel Writers Did Not Invent Jesus' Resurrection Story
Jeremiah is defending against a notion that someone invented Jesus' resurrection whole cloth, knowing it was a lie. Jeremiah has no idea what was or wasn't embarrassing to the gospel writers, he says. For many decades, Christians talked about Jesus and tried to win converts. Just like the phrasing of a joke can be honed over retelling for a maximum laughter,. So too, the Jesus narratives that worked best at winning converts were the ones eventually written down.