Historical parallel: early church marginalized by accusation that Jesus wanted to destroy the temple — same dynamic as "faith is irrational" accusation today

Mike draws an analogy between modern dismissal of Christianity via the "belief without evidence" label and the early church's experience: when Jesus was accused of wanting to destroy the temple, Jews refused to engage with his arguments because the accusation already disqualified him. Today, labeling Christian faith as irrational has the same effect of preventing engagement.