What is historical evidence for Jesus existence?
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You don't need historical evidence to belieive in God. Its a matter of your level of faith, you either believe in him or you don't. Sure, there may not be a lot of proof, but I know he is there, I know he exists, without him where do you think you came from?
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we know jesus existed because the romans wrote the history of that time. they were the dominant power and were not fans of jesus or the jews, or any other sub-group of that era. you'll recall that they were the ones who actually crucified him at the jews request. also they persecuted the jews and other religious minorities after the death of christ. rome would be a pagan government for quite some time after the death of christ. your concern is over whether or not jesus was a divine being. did he do the things that are written? was he who he claimed to be? not did he exist. the victors of that period wrote their historys and acknowledged jesus.
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thnx fer the solid evidence. i knew before that christ had been proven to have lived as a human but didn't know who to cite
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Well, since the Bible is referenced in historical texts, more than any other book, and the story of Jesus is told in the Bible, I think that is considered historical proof. These stories are not new. The concept of Jesus' existance is harder for the modern day person to believe because we are 2000 years removed from that time. However, several texts, scrolls, letters, etc. were written soon after the death and resurection of Christ. Also, do not forget that zealous Jewish priests were persecuting Christians in order to try and get them to deny the message of Christ. This went on for a long time, and yet, the message has survived until now...2000 years later. Is it possible that it is all made up? I suppose there is no 100% evidence that it existed. But then, can you 100% proove that your great (time 5) grandfather existed? If you never met him and no one alive on this earth ever met him, how can you "proove" he existed. The simple fact is, you can't. But you believe because 1) you have faith. and 2) all the evidence presented supports that he did exist. All the evidence supports the existance of Christ. \n\nI suggest you pick up a copy of the book "The Case for Christ" by Lee Stroble. This presents the stories in a very "judicial" method. Giving the evidence and the opposing sides views and why the evidence supports the message of Christ.
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Well there is historical proof.  There is more historical evidence for the life and existence of Jesus than for Alexander the great, Julius Ceasar, Plato, Aristotle, and Socrates.  \nHowever Christianity stands or falls on the resurrection.  When the gospels were first written they were done in the lifetimes of those who were aware of the claims of Christ's resurrection, (the latest gospel was written about 90 AD).  The gospels as well as many of the epistles make the claim that Jesus rose from the dead, some of them even claim that He was seen alive by over 500 witnesses.  There are no refutations of these claims written during that same time period.  Even secular historians such as Josephus and Tacitus wrote about Christianity and Jesus, and neither of them refutes the claim of the resurrection.\nSo to put it in context there is more evidence for Christianity than for many of the court cases that are resolved today.\nHowever; as of yet, we still have no way to "Prove" the resurrection without a shadow of a doubt to skeptics and those who will not accept the historical record, thus Christianity becomes a matter of faith and a belief system, much as evolution, communism, socialism, or any other religion.  People believe it based on the evidence they are aware of, or they believe based on their choice.\nAn evolutionist is no different, they believe in a hypothosis because they do not want to accept another explanation of human life.  Evolution has not been completely "proved" it has a lot of holes and short commings, yet thousands continue to believe in it.  It's really no different than Christianity, or any other religion.  So to answer your question:  "Can Christianity be proved?"  The answer is yes... to some who look at the historical evidence, the archeaological evidence, the anthropological evidence, the evidence of changed lives, and other things.  The answer is also no... to those who believe that such findings are inconclusive and inadequate, and who do not want to believe in a Creator and Sovereign Judge of the universe.
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Outside of the Bible. Jesus can not be proven
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The most detailed accounts of Jesus' birth are contained in the Gospel of Matthew (probably written between 65 and 85 AD/CE) and the Gospel of Luke (probably written between 65 and 100 AD/CE).[4] There is considerable debate about the details of Jesus' birth even among Christian scholars, and few scholars claim to know either the year or the date of his birth or of his death.\n\nBased on the accounts in the Gospels of the shepherds' activities, the time of year depicted for Jesus' birth could be spring or summer. However, as early as 354, Roman Christians celebrated it following the December solstice in an attempt to replace the Roman festival of Saturnalia (or more specifically, Sol Invictus). Before then, Jesus' birth was generally celebrated on January 6 as part of the feast of Theophany, also known as Epiphany, which commemorated not only Jesus' birth but also his baptism by John in the Jordan River and possibly additional events in Jesus' life. The traditional date of Jesus's birth is celebrated as Christmas.\n\nIn the 248th year of the Diocletian Era (based on Diocletian's ascension to the Roman throne), Dionysius Exiguus attempted to pinpoint the number of years since Jesus' birth, arriving at a figure of 753 years after the founding of Rome. Dionysius then set Jesus' birth as being December 25 1 ACN (for "Ante Christum Natum", or "before the birth of Christ"), and assigned AD 1 to the following year—thereby establishing the system of numbering years from the birth of Jesus: Anno Domini (which translates as "in the year of our Lord"). This system made the then current year 532, and almost two centuries later it won acceptance and became the established calendar in Western civilization due to its championing by the Venerable Bede.\n\nHowever, based on a lunar eclipse that Josephus reports shortly before the death of Herod the Great (who plays a major role in Matthew's account), as well as a more accurate understanding of the succession of Roman Emperors, Jesus' birth would have been some time before the year 4 BC/BCE. Having fewer sources and being further removed in time from the authors of the New Testament, establishing a reliable birth date now is particularly difficult.
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I cannot prove it to be false because I have had a personal experience with the Lord Jesus Christ (see my question: "Have I met Jesus?" to read my testimony). I could not deny His existence as a result. \n\nSome people will say they have a "blind faith" which I also believe but Jesus is not afraid for us to want evidence - in fact He tells us to "Test all things; hold fast what is good" (1 Thessalonians 5:21). He also tells us to: "Prove all things…" (1 Thessalonians 5:21, KJV).  Believers and non believers are simply doing what Jesus tells us!  Christians should never be disgruntled when someone asks us to if prove God or Jesus does or does not exist!  \n\nSee also: http://www.tomorrowsworld.org/cgi-bin/tw/tw-mag.cgi?category=Magazine36&item=1115662606 for 7 further proofs if you wish.
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Actually the Bible(of Christ)is provable.  Even 'scientists' admit that the Old Testament is 3000-4000 years old.  The Old Testament fortells of the Christs coming.  When Jesus came he satisfied every prediction of the OT(hundreds)when he was born.  Christ did in fact come which can be harmonized from religious sources and non religious.  Even people/kings that arent Christaian talk of Jesus and Christians at that time and can be found in writings.  Even today, artifacts are dug up in the Holy Land that reinforce that Jesus and the NT people of the Bible actually existed.  All of this comes from non Christian/non religious sources.   A coffin was dug up recently in the Holy Land that said in script;  Here lies James, brother of Jesus.\n  And the Bible fortells the end of the earth and the events that precede that.  Including the jews return to thier home(1945 Israel) and the nature of people in the last days.\n\nMat24 [6] And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.\n[7] For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.\n[8] All these are the beginning of sorrows.
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This is what Dan Brown would have you believe, but there is no historical evidence to back him up.   In particular,\n\n1) The Council of Nicea (AD 325) did not even discuss the question of "canon" (that is, what belongs in the Bible)!!   In any case, well before this time there was widespread agreement on which books were accepted  (evidence going back to the early 2nd century).   There is NO evidence of authorities "inserting" or "removing" stuff.\n\n2) Not only did Constantine not foist his own view of the deity of Christ on others,  ALL those at this Council (representing the viewpoing of churches throughout the Roman world) agreed that Jesus was divine!   The only question was precisely how that idea was to be UNDERSTOOD.   \n\nAlso, contrary to various insinuations, the vote was not even close!   The Council of Nicea was almost unanimous in its final statement (two out of over three hundred disagreed... though again, they did NOT disagree that Jesus was divine!)
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The only proof I know of is that Jesus was resurrected. I would say that's as close to afterlife as you can get. So read the bible and there you may find your answer. :)
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The Gospel of John was written by a follower of that largest religion, so I don't think you're going to find the hard, unbiased evidence you're looking for there.\n\nIn fact, if you come right down to it, we cannot confirm or deny that Jesus said any of the things attributed to him.\n\nDoes that matter?  No.  What matters is that people BELIEVE he is the Son of God who died, rose, and ascended into heaven.  A philosophy professor of mine always argued that faith and reason do not stand in opposition to one another, nor must they agree.  Rather, they stand apart as coequals, as equally valid ways to finding truth.  He convinced me.
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Ther is no evidence that Christ was born on december 25
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No, we have historical proof that God and Jesus DO exist, we also have historical proof that Santa, Toothy and E Buny exist.
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No.  there is secular evidence that he lived and was crucified.
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On the contrary, my friend.\n\nThere is evidence for the existence of God.\n\nSee here for examples: http://www.godsci.org/gs/godsci/evidence.htm\n\nAnd there is evidence for the truth of Jesus Christ:\nhttp://www.godsci.org/gs/chri/jesus.htm\n\nWishing you Joy through Jesus Christ,\nJohn
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On the contrary my friend...\n\nThe writings you mention date from after the time of Christ (and after the writings of the NT gospels).\n\nThe NT gospels were authenticated by immediate disciples of Jesus Christ.\n\nLater writings from 150-1000 years after Jesus were NOT authenticated by the disciples of Jesus Christ (the ones who had actually spent time with Jesus, and so were eyewitnesses of the things he said and did).\n\nCordially,\nJohn