Is there evidence that Jesus existed? Hm, I used to rely soley on the writing of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, until I found out that our earliest scrolls, fragments were rewrites of what they wrote, and we do not have the original handwritten words by these four men.
Then I looked to the Apostle Paul, who rarley mentions Jesus's miracles, much less His ressurection. And finally had a brain fart in that he could not be an apostle because he did not witness the ressurection, just heard about it.
Then I looked at the writings of Josephus, Tactius and again two bits of information I found out. 1. Their writings have been proven to have been tampered with just like with the four gospels. 2. Jesus or 'this Chritus' is mentioned as a leader with devout followers, but no mention of miracles.
Then I considered the other greek myths that were around at the time and before that time who had very similar stories of miralces, being killed, then ressurected.
An anology...look at George Washington. A lot of people were wanting someone to rescue their country from the evil empire of slave owners and religous dogmonatries. He came and helped the country out of bondage. Much has been written about him, some false, some true. Very little has been written about Christ way back then.
Then I look at what over 500 people saw Christ ressurected. Yet only four of these wrote down what they witnessed? It is common for publications to be written that inpact the world as a whole for all eternity. Like with Cancer, when a search for a cure is found, you will find more than just four researches writing on the search. Global warming is dooming our planet, yet are you only going to find only four researchers writing on it?
According to Christians, God gives us ample proof that He exist. Just look all around you, and at the human brain. Yet He only gives proof of His sons existence in four Jewish non-scholars? And I question, if he really wanted to prove His existence, why did ressurections just suddenly stop after the apostles died? Why did cures suddenly stop after they died? Why did miracles suddenly stop after they died? Why did exocisms suddenly stop after they died? They were allowed to do those things to prove to the jews and gentiles that they were getting their power from God. I'll tell you for sure, I have worked with disabililtes most of my life, and if even one of them suddenly got up and walked, pulled out his G-tube, and began talking, then I would be down on my hands and knees. But that has never happened, never will. Christians don't even like to discuss the subject.
If God wants us to believe Jesus existed, why did he allow great horrors to happen in his name? Why does he allow modern day christians to hate in his name, kill in his name, committ suicide in his name? He keeps saying it all will end soon, but the book of revelations is not real prophecy. He has given us 66 books that at times contradict each other, or are very hard to understand, or can be given different translations, or sayings that mean differerent things to different people. The bible causes more division and confusion than a political run off.
In short, hehehe, I believe Jesus really existed as a man, a prophet. There is written secular proof of that. There is no secular proof of Jesus being the divine son of God. And that is a whole other subject I won't touch on.
