That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us.

‭‭1 John‬ ‭1‬:‭1‬-‭2‬ ‭NIV

A dozen guys with an identical eyewitness so real that each is willingly martyred in despicable murderous rage rather than recanting their experience.

Today we’d call this a cult. But history’s billions and billions have drank the Christian kool-aid and lived changed lives.

They are from the world and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them.

‭‭1 John‬ ‭4‬:‭5‬ ‭NIV‬‬

One gulp leads to a first then second death. It’s based on a worldview that opposes God and his rightful placement on the throne.

But isn’t most of our existence based on truths we don’t observe first-hand but we trust in the story behind them. Better yet, enacted, they prove themselves to be true over and over.

We will all believe in something.

I choose that which people willingly die to uphold, defend, and prove over and over for centuries.