Just because I gave a few quick links, doesn't mean that I don't believe that they are self delusional nutters/suffers of the Law of of Fives... I found no 'truth' - just irrational non-sequitirs typical of the Law of Fives self delusional types.

".a lawyer setting out to disprove the ressurrection and examining the NT documents arrived at the conclusion Christ did rise from the dead."

Yep Law of Fives again... as happened to Saul/Paul who had a mind flipo. (see Sargant, below) I have the book packed away.

Read "Battle for the Mind" -
SARGANT, William, Battle for the Mind:SARGANT, William, Battle for the Mind: A Physiology of Conversion & Brain-Washing 1957 - avail at http://annenberg.usc.edu/CurrentStudents/Resources/AbergResourceCtr/Books/S.aspx

also see http://www.freepdfdocs.com/index.php?q=Fitness+for+the+Mind+cover+page

explains how religious conversion works. This guy worked on people severely suffering from war trauma. His dad was a preacher. He took his class into a 'revival meeting', and by having them control the tempo of the clapping, took control of the emotions of the meeting, etc