Some did, some did not and did indeed follow him.

After a point, though, that repentance all but went away.

It’s easy to say, “the only reason it stopped is them. Anyone can do that, and we can continue this game until time ends, but… what if there were valid, scriptural reasons nestled among the snaring lies of the Adversary that justifies their cessation of acceptance and conversation?

Have we truly inspected ourselves so well that we know there are no planks in our own eyes? Other than their slanders against Jesus, which are the only things I ever see written here, how many scriptural objections are you aware of that they currently use against “him"? Can you list them?