What Is The Point Of Prayer?

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Jesus certainly existed there's no real academic doubt over that. He may have different than the gospels portrayed but we certainly have his real words and teachings for the most part.

This bit rather clashes with the next bit...

A little bit may have been embellished. The first writings we have only date to around 20 years after his death there wasn't enough time to form an elaborate folk myth like King Arthur.

First of all, twenty years hardly makes those accounts contemporary, and furthermore, if he was a real person why don't we have any writings from when he was alive, or things he wrote himself?

Second of all, you're severely overestimating the culture at the time; it isn't like today, where every little thing is recorded, and with permanence at that. In a less than scientifically grounded culture already given to accepting supernatural claims, accepting things like this isn't as hard going as you seem to think.

We talking about a 1st century Jewish Rabbi and healer who spoke with the authority of God and forgave sins and was put to death for blasphemy.

Right, so why no contemporary accounts?

There are non-Biblical accounts written by Roman historians who substantiate this point.

I'm willing to do some research if you'll kindly mention some names. I'm sure there are others here well versed enough to determine how much of this is true, too.