And so these 12 Scammers and also a Pharisee who HATED Christians then were willing to die/be killed for a scam? Really?
Peter was crucified in Rome and wanted that to happen with the cross upside down because he did not feel worthy to die as his Lord and Savior did. Yep definitely evidence of a scam there.
Saul, on the way to Damascus meets Jesus on the road. From there he is Paul, arguably one of the choicest of Christians. He died in Rome too, beheaded. That’s got scam written all over it.
Your critical thinking skills may need some brushing up. Just sayin.
Were they killed for a scam? Or were they also invented?
We just don’t have a lot of evidence. Peter’s corpse is not available to us, nor is that of Paul. Forensics are pretty much out, and Roman justice of the time is mostly not documented. How old is the oldest actual scripture document reporting the New Testament? As the distance increases from the time of the events it reports, it is less useful as evidence.
At least with Augustus or Tiberius we get some statues.