Would anyone have been converted to Christianity if Jesus, in the garden, rather than healing the guard, had issued a snarky condemnation. “Yeah it figures Judas, bet you and your new friends in the toxic swamp really get off telling demonstrably false lies about me! Here, have another ear to bend to your lies!”
It would have converted more Mopologists.
Shocking as it may seem, the apologists very much believe in following the example of Jesus. They just see Jesus as a different kind of person than most people. For instance, a few months ago at a certain blog, an apocryphal account of Jesus in Arabic was related and hoped to be true, because in the account Jesus was a sarcastic ass. I don't remember the name of the thread.
Ever since my early days of encountering apologetics, I don't think I've ever heard an apologist reference the Beatitudes, but I've seen frequent references to Jesus driving the money changers from the temple. Here's a perfect example:
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/danpeters ... ation.html
But let’s not forget about the Jesus who carefully braided the whip and drove the moneychangers from the temple
