To Atheists: Who, in your opinion, was Jesus Christ?

[JJoseph]

Chad, your personal assumptions =/= facts.  You believe what you believe not because there is evidence, but because you were indoctrinated.

Who is Chad? Anyway, I believe that historical facts are facts indeed. And there are many historical facts about the life of Jesus that both skeptics and believers can accept as justified and well established, as summarized by NT scholar, Gary Habermas, in his work on early creeds. Thes historical facts include that Jesus was cruxified dead by Pontius Pilate. He was buried dead. And the disciples believed they saw him alive later. You can infer whatever you want from those facts, which is what they are.

Indeed, NS. That's why the Gospel specifically names both Pontius Pilate and Tiberius Caesar.

The Gospel of Luke says: "John the Baptist Prepares the Way

3 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar—when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and Traconitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene— 2 during the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness. 3 He went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

Tiberius was Emperor from 14 A.D. We now know this for a fact, and any Secular Encyclopedia will confirm it.

Fifteen years from his reign was 29 A.D. Further, we know Pontius Pilate was Roman procurator of Judaea from 26 A.D. to 36 A.D.

All the dates and the times for the Ministry of John the Baptist, the 3 1/2 Year Preaching of Christ, and then His own death, fits perfectly.

This is why Sir William Ramsay, Oxford educated archaeologist, after a lifetime of study, concluded: "Further study … showed that the book could bear the most minute scrutiny as an authority for the facts of the Aegean world, and that it was written with such judgment, skill, art and perception of truth as to be a model of historical statement". He wrote this about Luke-Acts after having himself become an expert archaeologist in the field.