My answer:
No, it's a fact of history. To answer you and correct heathen princess, the bible itself is the greatest of ancient documents with over 5000 manuscripts. There is no close second, and if you guys would be intellectually honest, you would do the research and discover its truth. Also, another historical document is Josephus' writings. He states:
"Now there was about this time, Jesus, a wise man...a doer of wonderful works. He drew over to him both many of the Jews and many of the Gentiles. He was [the] Christ; and when Pilate...condemned him to he cross, those that loved him at the first did not forsake him. For he appeared to them alive again the third day...and the tribe of Christians, so named from him, are not extinct to this day. (Josephus, AJ, 18.3.3) Josephus was not a Christian.
Also the Roman historian Tacitus, concerning Nero's persecution of Christians, states:
"Christus (Christ), from whom the name had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius Pilate..." (Tacitus, A, 15.44)
By the way, the archaeological evidence of Pilate further validates the reliability of the New Testament.
You can accept or reject Jesus as savior, but to say he never existed or was not crucified is to deny the historical evidence.
"Now there was about this time, Jesus, a wise man...a doer of wonderful works. He drew over to him both many of the Jews and many of the Gentiles. He was [the] Christ; and when Pilate...condemned him to he cross, those that loved him at the first did not forsake him. For he appeared to them alive again the third day...and the tribe of Christians, so named from him, are not extinct to this day. (Josephus, AJ, 18.3.3) Josephus was not a Christian.
Also the Roman historian Tacitus, concerning Nero's persecution of Christians, states:
"Christus (Christ), from whom the name had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius Pilate..." (Tacitus, A, 15.44)
By the way, the archaeological evidence of Pilate further validates the reliability of the New Testament.
You can accept or reject Jesus as savior, but to say he never existed or was not crucified is to deny the historical evidence.
Source(s):
Josephus, Antiquties of the Jews, 18.3.3
Tacitus, A, 15.44
Tacitus, A, 15.44
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