Quote:Au contraire, mon frere.
There's a lot more to suggest that Jesus did not exist than things to suggest he did. I've debated this before, and I don't feel like summing up everything I've said. Plus you have the burden of proof, so maybe you can provide the evidence for historical Jesus and I'll debunk it for you? It'd be easier that way.
For starters: the Bible is no good. Not as historical evidence.
The evidence we have for Jesus general existence as as good as many other historical figures we accept so unless you want to apply a special double standard. Sure it's possible that Jesus wasn't divine, had no powers and was a essentially a wandering end of the world preaching failed prophet one of many. But I would point to the influence he has had upon the world, society our moral and value systems and institutions, all the lives he touched over thousands of years, to all the things he said and taught and ask if you really think this is the work of a deluded nutcase. This was a man spoke with the authority of God himself don't forget so he would have to have been pretty barking mad if he wasn't. It goes without saying really.
