Jesus of Nazareth is a historical figure

I accept: I'm not sure if we're going to be able to cover everything in the next 5 rounds so I'm just going to prologue just a little bit here. Let me be clear in saying that we arguing whether or not Jesus was a real historical figure and not whether or not He is God. (I gotchu you con) "Before we begin we must remember one thing, it is impossible to know with absolute certainty what happened in the past, especially the distant or ill-preserved past. " This is like saying we can't know what exactly happened because we weren't there. Even though this is true we can still form a general concise on what actually happened even many small details may be changed or even corrupted the main ideas generally remain the same. We must also keep in mind that historical figures and events tend to be written by a multitude of perspectives. I would like to first like to point out that con is a supporter (at least for this debate) of the Christ Myth Theory. For those unaware of this theory the Christ Myth Theory is defined as: "The Christ myth theory (also known as the Jesus myth theory, Jesus mythicism or simply mythicism) is the proposition that Jesus of Nazareth never existed, or if he did, he had virtually nothing to do with the founding of Christianity and the accounts in the gospels. Many proponents use a three-fold argument first developed in the 19th century that the New Testament has no historical value, there are no non-Christian references to Jesus Christ from the first century, and that Christianity had pagan and mythical roots." The Christ Myth Theory has little to no support from Modern Scholars of today: "Nevertheless, Christ Myth theories find very little support from scholars. According to Bart D. Ehrman (a former Evangelical Christian turned agnostic who has written extensively about the questionable accuracy and authorship of the gospels), most people who study the historical period of Jesus believe that he did exist, and do not write in support of the Christ myth theory." Most modern scholars of this day and age do believe that Jesus of Nazareth was a person, that his crucifixion and baptism by John are both widely accepted historical facts followed by Jesus' accident at the temple. Jesus is actually speculated to have lived from 7-2 B.C. to 30-33. AD/C.E. So I would have to ask that the "reliable years just be slightly extended to cover 7 B.C to 33 A.D just so we can cover as much as we can in these five rounds. I say that we skip over the gospels because we already know that they may not stack up to the three questions presented. Personally, I kind of prefer that way I mean you can't really have faith in something that you know for sure it's true. That kind of ruins the fun of having faith in the first place. The authors may have had access to the disciples and nephews/nieces of Christ. Yes, Mary had children after she gave birth to Christ. One of them being the apostle James. This alone could have skewed the perspective of Jesus on whether or not the testimony was reliable as to making Him appear more than what He truly was and the opposite could even be true. Let's continue however let's say that the testimony was reliable. I believe through many of the translations that there is a possibility that the gospels could have been tampered (though not intentionally) with during this period though mistranslations and what not. However, these should only cause minor tweaks in the details and let's even go to say that major events were tampered with Jesus is still current in all gospels. We should keep in mind that many Hebrews people during Jesus' time were illiterate in that many couldn't read AND write. Plus most of the people who could read and belonged to groups like the Pharisees and the Sadducee who were not too fond of Jesus. So without further adieu please continue with your point. Sources Allen, Steve. 1990. Steve Allen on the Bible, Religion & Morality. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus. Barker, Dan. 1992. Losing Faith In Faith. Minneapolis, MN: Freedom From Religion Foundation. Bettenson, Henry. 1956. The Early Christian Fathers. London, England: Oxford University Press. Bettenson, Henry. 1961. Documents of the Christian Church. London, England: Oxford University Press. Blaiklock, E. M. 1970. The Archaeology of the New Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan. Boyd, Robert. 1969. A Pictorial Guide to Biblical Archaeology. New York, NY: Bonanza Books. Harrison, E. F. 1968. A Short Life of Christ. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. Hurst, John F. 1897. History of the Christian Church. Vol. 1. New York, NY: Eaton & Mains. Jackson, Wayne. 1991. Josephus and the Bible [Part II]. Reason & Revelation, 11:29-32. Klausner, Joseph. 1989. Jesus of Nazareth. New York, NY: Bloch. Metzger, Bruce M. 1965. The New Testament"Its Background, Growth, and Content. Nashville, TN: Abingdon. Metzger, Bruce M. 1968. The Text of the New Testament. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.