If I wrote a text today in which I talked about a guy who died in the year 1980?

Would you be credible? I'd probably think so if there were no other motives than to tell of his life and how he went about doing good, loving others, showing compion to the unlovely, always welcomed children to join him and his friends. That he willingly gave his life for others?. That your life was drastically changed for the good by knowing him?. That even though you were not always a faithful friend, he never stopped being yours.? That you ended up being willing to be persecuted for loving him? I'd have to weigh that kind of information, for starters.