Originally Posted by DBT
There is no historical evidence for the existence of Jesus. All we have are the words of anonymous writers, accounts written decades after the described events. And before Josephus, et al, is brought up, the few brief mentions outside of the gospels were made on hearsay, so these are not eyewitness accounts. Paul himself was not aware of some of the things mentioned by the later works of the gospel writers.



Well, the illustrious Bart Ehrman wrote a book.... “Did Jesus Exist?” One comment attributed to him was:

“...whatever you think about Jesus, he certainly did exist.”


There is much ado about Josephus and I do not seem to appreciate it.

Meh, Jesus existed..... was real....

Get over it.

The tax collector said: “Lord Jesus, have mercy on me, a sinner.” Jesus said he went home “justified.”