It probably does mean something that many of his followers ended up off. But the question is WHAT it means. To say that he wanted that to happen is rediculous. But it is possible that it was somehow his fault. Maybe they were heading in that direction without him and he accomplished that at least during his life that didn’t happen. Maybe because that’s where the people in that time and place were headed. Even the people that were not his followers. I’m not denying that many of his followers went off. But the question is if it was better by people in his time and place that were not his followers. Maybe only people that were heading in that direction were interested in becoming his followers. And maybe he was only interested in followers that were heading in that direction. Maybe to try to save them. Maybe it was the fault of those that did not accept them as legitimately religious.
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