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I've heard that, at the time Jesus was alive, there were countless people proclaiming they were a profit or son of God, and that they performed miracles, yet Jesus is the only one we remember because the others weren't successful enough to gain a following. Is this true?

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Is it really true that ancient Greeks believed their gods lived in physical form at the top of mount Olympus, and despite it being relatively climbable, nobody tried to climb it and check?

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I've heard that, at the time Jesus was alive, there were countless people proclaiming they were a profit or son of God, and that they performed miracles, yet Jesus is the only one we remember because the others weren't successful enough to gain a following. Is this true?	3534
Is it really true that ancient Greeks believed their gods lived in physical form at the top of mount Olympus, and despite it being relatively climbable, nobody tried to climb it and check?	68