For People Who Think There Was No Historical Jesus

[Confused Ape]

Ape you refuse to even consider the distinct probability that P. Cornelius Tacitus never said any such thing. That this whole bit of bullshit was a later insertion by a medieval monk/scribe who was trying to provide a little historical basis for his boy.

Gospel Dating

Because the earliest surviving complete copies of the gospels date to the 4th century and because only fragments and quotations exist before that, scholars use higher criticism to propose likely ranges of dates for the original gospel autographs.

Pontius Pilate In The Canonical Gospel Accounts

According to the canonical Christian Gospels, Pilate presided at the trial of Jesus and, despite stating that he personally found him not guilty of a crime meriting death, handed him over to crucifixion. Pilate is thus a pivotal character in the New Testament accounts of Jesus.

The reason no commentator made reference to this passage before the 15th century is that the entire “Annals” in which it appears was unknown until the purported “discovery” made by Johannes de 1468.

Even if the Gospels weren't actually written until the 4th century, it would be a bit pointless faking Tacitus's account 1,000 years after the Gospels had already said that Pontius Pilate had crucified Jesus. You'd think a faker would have added a few details such as the name of the man referred to as Christus etc. as well.

Anyway, you're just the person I'm looking for where this topic is concerned. You don't believe there was an historical Jesus in any shape or form so you can suggest how Christianity got started when there was nobody at all who got obscured by myths and legends. Questions I'd like you to come up with answers for -

1: When did Christianity start?

2: Where did it start?

3: How did it start because somebody, somewhere had the idea that the real Jewish Messiah was crucified and rose from the dead.

I keep asking you for suggestions but you keep forgetting to make any.