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Originally Posted by Cybermat47
IAnd what do you mean only one source for his very existence? Jesus was a genuine historical figure who was born in Bethlehem, spread his message of love and forgiveness, and was crucified by the Romans. Even Richard Dawkins thinks so! Wether or not he was a divine being, a prophet or a rambling lunatic is open to debate.
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There are actually three. Josephus and Tacitus both interviewed Christians to find out what the fuss was about, and recorded what they were told. That's it. Two second-hand sources and the Bible, which doesn't give a single account claiming to be eye-witness, except for Paul's account of his conversion.
So your statement of "a genuive historical figure who was born in Bethlehem, spread his message of love and forgiveness, and was crucified by the Romans" has not one single actual historical record. No Hebrew or Roman records of his birth, no external records of "spreading his message", no Roman records of the crucifixion. Nothing.
I'm not saying it isn't true. I don't claim to know. But historical records? Not a single one.