Aside from the bible, there are several accounts written by historians that identify Jesus. Two of the more popular accounts are those of Tacitus and Josephus. Tacitus has Annals 15.44 http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/tacitus.html. Josephus has Antiquities of the Jews 18.63-64 http://www.religioustolerance.org/mercurio01.htm. These accounts reveal that Jesus lived and existed. But to skeptics, these passages can be regarded as mere forgeries, Christian insertions or at best, inconclusive to identify the one and only Jesus of the Christian faith.
Personally, the best proof that Jesus walked the earth can be found in the Quran and the Christian persecutions. The Quran acknowledges the existence of Jesus though not His divine nature. Still, Jesus is the only personality to appear in two different holy books.
Lastly, the persecutions of Christians which exist up to the present is but an indication of a truth that cannot be denied. That is, people are willing to die for Jesus. In my humble opinion, I don't think that a person in his right mind will choose to die for a lie or myth. But thousands, if not millions, will choose to die for the truth.
Jesus, my God, is backed up by historical accounts, holy books and incidents. How about your God ?
As you write there is some historical evidence that perhaps Jesus did exist. Some of this evidence is provided at this Wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity_of_Jesus
ReplyDeleteIt is, however, odd that anyone nowadays would grant this possibly-real con-artist from long ago not only existance, but super natural powers to the extent that said individual (if he did exist) was in fact the incarnate of the (unnecessay) super-being which created our Universe.
Our Universe doesn't need any super being or even energy to start it (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ImvlS8PLIo). And it certainly doesn't need a (possibly existant) trickster.
dear jens,
ReplyDeletei don't think people are that stupid to believe a trickster. people will know if someone is a fraud. to this day, no one has provided solid evidence that Jesus was a fraud. so many have tried to discredit Jesus to no avail. the question that we really have to ask ourselves is who started the universe and life on earth.