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Originally posted by Mojo_PeiPei
Roman's kept extensive records of executions, so yes that is just one way we know he existed.
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umm, that is one of the more common arguments against his existence. sorry.
some of the better proofs of his existence are found in:
josephus (probably forged)
pontius pilate letter (probably forged)
no longer circulated jewish talmud documents (point to two very non-christ-like people with a few similarities of jesus, but apologists claim they were forgeries after the fact)
the gospel (quite conflicting and contain questional prophecies, but are largely synchronous considering the time & number of writers)
there are plenty of others. i mentioned before, they often paint a picture far different than the traditional jesus. but i think this mary discussion should be restricted to the traditional mary, since that is what the original poster was asking.
in that case i'll go with those who say mary accepted the holy spirit willingly. but i think she got down with joseph after she was married. interesting those who believe mary remained a virgin don't talk about the virgin joseph
