“Oh shit. They killed the prophet. Now what?”

“We’ll say he came back to life!”

“Brilliant! But… uhh… then what do we say when people ask where he is?”

“Ohhhh. Uhhhh… he came back to life, but then he like ascended to heaven. Couldn’t stick around. Sorry, mate, he isn’t here.”

“Well, they’ve believed all of this other stupid shit up until this point, so let’s give it a try.”