Three renowned scientists—Papaia, Banani, Ravioli—and their assistant Igor work at the NASAL observatory.
Ravioli accidentally bought a book that turns out to be very interesting.
We are at the airport, where the scientists are talking about Ravioli’s book.
Banani: A skeptic like James who converts and becomes a leader of the church… A radical transformation.
Ravioli: Not only that, but he also dies because of the persecutions. His suffering and martyrdom are recorded by Josephus, Eusebius, and Clement of Alexandria.
Banani: So, now he really believed. He no longer thought Jesus was “out of his mind.”
Ravioli: Definitely not. The sources show that he was sincerely convinced that Jesus had risen from the dead.
Banani: And what could have transformed him like that?
Ravioli: In the creed of 1 Corinthians 15, the oral tradition states that Jesus also appeared to James.
Banani: Yes, but there were others named James.
Ravioli: The text doesn’t specify which James, but if you think about it, what could convert a skeptic more than seeing with his own eyes the very thing he didn’t believe in?
Banani: I agree. If he had only heard about it from others, he probably wouldn’t have converted, but seeing it with his own eyes is a whole different story.
Ravioli: Yes, and James undergoes a radical transformation similar to the one the disciples experienced.
Igor: “After all that we’ve seen, we can deduce that the thing Ravioli does best, after eating, is pretending nothing happened.
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…Also, just like Papaia with the vending machines, critics could have saved themselves a lot of trouble by putting more trust… in the direct source!
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