Like his fellow rational thinkers, he wished to unseat the various religious orders that held undue power. Unlike his fellow rational thinkers, however, he understood showmanship.
A few decades of clever arguments and factual logic had done little, but his loud proclaiming the Gods weren't real, in their own churches, then demanded he be struck down, with no smite? That got attention.
So much so that, upon getting advance warning of his next appearance, the priests set up a hidden, inescapable death trap, that only a miracle could save him from.
His survival led to much debate within religious circles.
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