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500 Witnesses

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  1 Corinthians is dated to around 53-54 ACE, or perhaps 20-25 years after the crucifixion of Jesus. 1 CORINTHIANS 15:3-8 The Resurrection of Christ For I handed on to you as of first importance what I in turn had received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures, and that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.   Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers and sisters at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have died.  Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.  Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me. Lets talk about vs. 6:  Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers and sisters at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have died. 1 - " appeared "? Did Jesus "appear" in a manner as a ghost appear's in a Hollywood movie?  I honestly don't know if Paul means

So Very True

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  "I think he's telling the American people what they want to hear." This was a very short segment (just a few seconds) in the 2020 documentary film " You've Been Trumped Too ".  What this Trump supporter said is so incredibly telling, and she doesn't even realize what she has just said.    Trump is not telling the American people the truth.  He's not telling the American people what they  should hear , or   what they need to hear.    Trump is telling them (or at least a percentage of them) " what they want to hear ".  And he is telling them this for one reason only - so that he can get re-elected . This is a mirror of what happens in Christianity.  Christians ministers, Christian authors, traveling evangelists, and of course, Christian apologists, all of them tell their Christian followers what they want to hear .  If you tell Christians what they don't want to hear, they stop listening to you:  1 - They don't want to hear about