these were chrarismic self-styled religious leaders. they all had a certain animal magnetism that drew some people to die for these guys. they had far more followers than jesus ever had in his lifetime. the jewish leader opposed jesus and saw him as a troublemaker and eventually voted for his execution. what enabled jesus' followers to gain more followers? was it the power of paul (or simon as jesus liked to call him)? was paul the genius that sold this concept all the way from greece to rome? or was it peter? how did they pull that off?
2007-01-04 15:07:48 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Manson, Koresh and Jim Jones are the same as Syung Young Moon, Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson. They just didn't have good PR.
2007-01-04 15:09:54 · answer #1 · answered by GG Alan Alda 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Those other guys didn't have God on their side. Not only did Jesus have God on his side, he was God.
Also, Jesus had followers who walked with him for a few years. They saw the miracles, the wisdom, the love...then they saw him die and come back to life 3 days later. Many of them died horrible deaths because of their zeal to tell the truth.While some people may die for things they believe in, no one would die for something they know to be a lie. So, Christianity got off to a good start.
2007-01-04 15:25:26 · answer #2 · answered by ? 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Jesus had multitudes that followed him during his 30 year life span, and now 2007 years later, He still has multitudes that follow his teachings. There is not another with that record because Jesus was the Son of God in flesh.
Paul was the former Saul who persecuted christians. He was a teacher to the gentiles, and was killed for this teaching.
Peter was Jesus disciple and was a teacher to the Jews. He, too was killed for teaching.
2007-01-04 15:51:01 · answer #3 · answered by shendley04 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Silly boy. Jesus had many more than just 12 followers during his lifetime. We'll never really know, but I think Jesus had many many more followers during his lifetime.
Did Koresh really have followers, or did he scare people and coerced them into following him? What about people who wanted to leave his little colony? I suspect people might have willingly followed him at first, but I suspect many wanted out.
Did Manson's followers die for him? I think they made others die for him; however, I'm not really sure.
Jim Jones. That's a good one. If you don't follow, you don't get to drink Kool-Aid, but you get lead in the belly. If you do follow, you get to dring the Kool-Aid. Many people tried to get out of Jim Jones' craziness.
Nice try, troll.
2007-01-04 15:19:24 · answer #4 · answered by Answers is run by hippocrites 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Wow, purely wow. Jim Jones. yet yet another charismatic evil bastard. I examine the 1st 0.33 of the wiki article approximately him and concept 'whats incorrect with this guy, he's against racism and each thing'. Then whilst he made that temple place no-one replaced into allowed to depart, it have been given creepy.
2016-12-12 04:08:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
manson not a religious leader.
jones and koresh kooks yes...and had few followers.
Jesus had multitues of followers...and billions today;
Paul (the little) was once saul.. peter (rock) was simon.
You are so confused...
Paul was called by Christ...as Apostle to the Gentiles.
Christ is Savior to all Mankind.
2007-01-04 15:19:40 · answer #6 · answered by cork 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because Jesus is God. You're copying John Lennon.
2007-01-04 16:45:14 · answer #7 · answered by robert m 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about David Koresh...
2007-01-04 15:14:57 · answer #8 · answered by The Oliver 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That really depends on what your morals are, and how much you can socially tolerate.
2007-01-04 15:20:29 · answer #9 · answered by owl 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋