(July 22, 2010 at 6:24 am)Super Cynic Wrote: From what I've gathered, there seems to be some evidence to show there was a man called Jesus (it was a common name then) who was a carpenter. However, there is certainly no evidence to show that he was the son of God, or performed miracles.
What evidence? All that exists are the rantings of xtians most of which derive from one book....the gospel of "Mark," written at least 40 and probably more like 100 years after the event.
The fact that later xtians went back and invented (forged) stories only suggests that even they knew there was no actual historical evidence.