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Originally Posted by asaris
Well, I don't remember the case as well as I used to, but as I recall, there is enough evidence that, at the very least, there was an itinerant rabbi named Jesus during the first part of the first century CE that it's simply ludicrous to think that this isn't the case. Think about it -- there are several writings, with very good provenance, all written within 60 years of his death, and some written within 20-30 years of his death, that say, if nothing else, that there was a guy named Jesus wandering around. Why on earth would you think that, not only did the apostles make up Christ's claims to divinity, but that he even existed?
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at the moment, to the best of my knowledge, the only written 'evidence' for jesus (not his real name by the way) having actually lived in the area that is modernday isreal during the first century AD is the new testament. of which none of it was written less than about 30 years after his death, and doubtfully written by anyone that actually knew him, by the people whom the gospels say they were written by. i think there's good reason to think that jesus never existed and is nothing more than a myth.