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Do you think that the list (page 8 of this topic) is enough to prove that Jesus did exist? Not proving that He was the Son of God.. just that he existed?


For proving that he really existed you'd need to find pre-Christian sources that mention him - sources from the time before Paulus founded Christianity about 50 AC. All later sources obviously refer to the Jesus image that Paulus based his religion upon. So we have no hard evidence for Jesus' existence.

However, it is very likely that he existed. The circumstances of his life, the miracles he did etc. were quite common in Palestina at that time. Many rabbis walked that country with small groups of followers, doing miracles. Therefore Paulus had no motive to make up such a person. Jesus really existed and most of his teachings were probably authentic. Only being the Messiah or the son of God was likely not claimed by himself, but invented by Paulus.