The Evidence of Jesus
The Evidence of Jesus A. Historical evidence I. Sources of evidence II. Reliability of the historical evidence III. Proof for Jesus outside the Bible IV. Archeological evidence versus written historical evidence A. Who was Jesus Christ? V. Did Jesus think he was Son of God? VI. How Jesus convinced his followers he was Son of God? VII. Jesus and other messianic leaders (similarities and differences) B. Resurrection VIII. Evidence of resurrection IX. Was Jesus crucified? X. Where did Jesus’ body go after he died? XI. Did Jesus’ followers see him again after he had died? XII. Other evidence to support Jesus’ resurrection C. Conclusion
The Evidence of Jesus
Historical Evidence
Source of Evidence
I believe that Jesus existed; the bases of evidence for Jesus include the four Gospels in the Bible (found in the New Testament), the apocryphal gospels (not included in the Bible), Paul’s letters in the Bible, written sources (after the life of Jesus), circumstantial evidence, and archaeological evidence (McIntyre, 2010). From the above sources, the most ignored source is the circumstantial evidence. Christianity has been around for many eons. Arguably, Christianity has more supporters compared to other religions. Nonetheless, when we rewind our memories there was a period that Christianity did not exist. This raises the question why we have Christians like the complete, loner, bound, and dead Christians. The balanced cause and effect explains to us that sometimes back that something took place that changed the individuals who were not Christians to be converted to Christianity.
This sounds obvious but for all the Christians, agnostics, atheists, and other faiths this is a challenge. The cause and effect makes it clear that Christianity begun as a historical event. Consequently, the start of Christianity should be premeditated like other historical events. The point is
The Evidence of Jesus
Historical Evidence
Source of Evidence
I believe that Jesus existed; the bases of evidence for Jesus include the four Gospels in the Bible (found in the New Testament), the apocryphal gospels (not included in the Bible), Paul’s letters in the Bible, written sources (after the life of Jesus), circumstantial evidence, and archaeological evidence (McIntyre, 2010). From the above sources, the most ignored source is the circumstantial evidence. Christianity has been around for many eons. Arguably, Christianity has more supporters compared to other religions. Nonetheless, when we rewind our memories there was a period that Christianity did not exist. This raises the question why we have Christians like the complete, loner, bound, and dead Christians. The balanced cause and effect explains to us that sometimes back that something took place that changed the individuals who were not Christians to be converted to Christianity.
This sounds obvious but for all the Christians, agnostics, atheists, and other faiths this is a challenge. The cause and effect makes it clear that Christianity begun as a historical event. Consequently, the start of Christianity should be premeditated like other historical events. The point is
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