Touchofgrey - is there any independently verified evidence that a miracle worker called jesus existed and did the things that the bible said he did?
It's the wrong question. You are confusing Jesus with something like Bigfoot.
You ask this question because you assume that only physical and tangible things are real, ignoring the fact that a person's mind and emotions are just as real as their flesh and blood. The concept of Jesus has nothing to do with a physical man that may have been independently verified by other people or not. It has everything to do with how Jesus moves and motivates the heart and mind of a person.
If a bonafide independently verified photograph and accompanying report was produced on Jesus people would simply keep debating the next point on him.