Please. I think you're neglecting and minimizing the psychological effects and their importance in both warfare, and maintaining and empire by force in a very violent world. A world much more cruel and violent than ours today. It's the 1st century equivalent of CNN propaganda, and Vlad the Impaler, some 1400 years later utilized it quite effectively, eh?
Again, numerous contemporaneous historical accounts exist for Christ and his crucifixion. It's only a matter of faith whether he rose from the dead 3 days later.
Please. I think you're neglecting and minimizing the psychological effects and their importance in both warfare, and maintaining and empire by force in a very violent world. A world much more cruel and violent than ours today. It's the 1st century equivalent of CNN propaganda, and Vlad the Impaler, some 1400 years later utilized it quite effectively, eh?
Again, numerous contemporaneous historical accounts exist for Christ and his crucifixion. It's only a matter of faith whether he rose from the dead 3 days later.