08-26-2011, 11:19 AM
No concrete physical evidence that a certain Jesus H. Christ, son of God, existed during that time... just many, many accounts of varying thoroughness, with small details that passably match the time and place the accounts claim Jesus lived in (In other words, the bible text is pretty much its own evidence). To be fair, back in those days if you weren't a king or at least someone loosely associated with a political heavyweight, chances are there'd be no historical evidence of your existence, either. Keep in mind that Jesus only got really famous after he was dead.
Even if we did find evidence of a historical Jesus, would that evidence prove he was God? It wouldn't. That's really the dichotomy of the church's message... on the one hand, we have divine relics and stuff like shroud of turin, but on the other hand the overarching message is that there will never be unquestionable PROOF because that's not how faith works.
Even if we did find evidence of a historical Jesus, would that evidence prove he was God? It wouldn't. That's really the dichotomy of the church's message... on the one hand, we have divine relics and stuff like shroud of turin, but on the other hand the overarching message is that there will never be unquestionable PROOF because that's not how faith works.
PS. If you can, try your hand at giving some of the others a bit of feedback. If you already have, thanks, can you do some more?