I very much agree. A “disprove it” approach works wonders, however; if something is true, and one is both dedicated and honest, then truth prevails. Again, the subject is eternal salvation or damnation and I am much more inclined to believe the Creator would not leave such a serious matter—it does not get more serious than eternal consequences, does it?—to guessing and trusting, without any possibility of certainty or even reason; yes, I am inclined to believe that He would ensure the truth could be assailed to no end and stand. The Bible cannot.

I think anyone who begins with presuppositions—for instance, “this book is true and accurate”—will find ways to justify absurdities and contradictions in order to “prove it.” It’s interesting to compare the different contrivances each person comes up in order to do so, however. Anyway, your working theory won’t hold: both authors are describing the same events/timeframe; the women ran and said nothing to anyone out of fear at the same time they ran to share the good news and met the Messiah himself, upon him be peace, on the way. As to my own explanation? Simple, the text was changed, accidentally and deliberately, over time, which makes it quite a rollercoaster source for guidance regarding one’s eternal destination.

Do let me know how you conciliate Mark’s claiming the women, seeing the empty tomb, ran away and said no word to anyone with Matthew’s having them not only run to share the news with the apostles, but encounter the Messiah himself, upon him be peace, on their way.

*Blindsight,* by Watts, next.

I would really love to hear what you have to say about Islam.

Wrong. It may have sounded great and brought warm fuzzing feelings to write that, but, no, that’s not how it goes, not if history is anything to go by. Freedom is a process, and never an unopposed one. I read your ebook analogy and could only think of the time Amazon deleted *1984* (ironically enough) from thousands of devices.

You did, of course, know, writing that, that writing that would alert those in the know to the fact that you know there is something to be known and—worse, given how much, as by now you surely know, they loathe being known—some in the know of what there is to know?

Suas publicações ficarão deliciosas após ler Peter Levenda.

And the best investment in yourself is that which pays eternal dividends.

I honestly conjured [this grieving man](https:/redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=7ryHyDFCCD8) to my mind and had him narrate your diatribe as though it were an extension to his own—inserted right after “mound of diseased hyena filth who’s not fit to lick the dirt from my spats.”

Some things become quite obvious once one realizes just how deep can the chasm be between what someone claims (and proclaims, and shouts, and so on) and what someone believes.