THE POLITICS OF RESURRECTION
Was the resurrection of Jesus Christ a hoax or a conspiracy? Here is the testimony of Chuck Colson which calls these theories to question: With the most powerful office in the world at stake, a small band of hand-picked loyalists, no more than ten of us, could not hold a conspiracy together for more than two weeks. Think of what was at stake: Each of us involved — Ehrlichman, Haldeman, Mitchel,, and the rest — believed passionately in President Nixon. To enter government service for him we had sacrificed very lucrative private law practices and other endeavors; we had sacrificed our family lives and privacy; we had invested our whole lives in the work, twenty-four hours a day if necessary. Only a few months earlier the President had been re-elected in an historic landslide victory; the ugly Asian war was finally over; we were riding the crest in every way. Think of the power at our fingertips: a mere command…
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