• JcbAzPx@lemmy.world
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    It is generally accepted that there was a person that the stories of Jesus were based off of that existed at that time. He has as much (if not more) evidence of his existence as most historical figures from around that era. If we decided that he didn’t have enough evidence, we would have to erase the vast majority of ancient history.

    Now, that doesn’t mean that stories of his miracles are accepted as historical. Those are still a matter of faith.

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      There is next to no evidence of Jesus Christ unless you count Christian sources, which have a bit of a bias.

      The Romans for example were big on book keeping, yet no mention of Jesus can be found.

      The existence of Jesus is possible, but far from certain - of course that’s something Christians don’t like to hear and the Christian church actively fights.