Did Jesus Exist?

Outside of circular reasoning, you know, using a source to prove that the same source is correct.There is a source that names Jesus' father as Pantera, a Roman centurian. Now, any objective historian faced with the two sources about Jesus daddy would have to conclude that Jesus was the son of a Roman centurian. It sure explains a lot.Brian.

Doesn't Celsus mention the Pantera scenario as well? (was he just quoting Talmud?)What I mean, from a historical research viewpoint, is that if we have one source claiming a miraculous conception, and one claiming a normal conception, a historian must believe the normal conception over the fairytale one.Brian.

It is easy to fool some of the people all of the time? But, seriously, taking for granted that there was a real Jesus, if we consider all the unlikely and the impossible events attached to him, isn't it just plausible that Jesus may have been an sort of Arthurian legend. A real person who didn't do a fraction of what was attributed to him, and only a fraction of what was said to have happened to him is true?Personally, I find the entire episode of His arrest, trial and execution completley impossible.Brian.

It would only take one to witness it.Brian.

It is evidence babe, just extremely poor evidence.Brian.

If there was some way to link Nessie to Solomon.............

Many Muslims were/are willing to go to the 'lions' for Allah, therefore, by your logic, Allah is the one true God.What people believe, and are prepared to die for, does not mean that the belief itself is true.Brian.