Jesus Christ Existed as a Historical Person and was Not a Myth

MithrasOk I thought that the location of the inscription and a translation of the inscription itself would be enough but fine (by the way this is really easy to find and I'm kind of shocked that you didn't find anything if you even looked at all) [1].When Does Modern Christianity Arrive?Yes this is important to the debate as it seems to be the case that the modern religion of Christianity only started to be practiced in a recognisable form with the conversion of Constantine who transformed Christianity into a state religion. During this time there were massive changes made to both the gospels and Christianity as a whole [2]. In fact it was only during the fourth century AD at Constantine's council of Nicaea when basic elements of christianity were decided for instance wether or not Iesous was divine [3] so when we are talking about Christianity we must think of it starting at the beginning of the fourth century BC. This is for the same reasons that we think of Mormonism starting in the early 19th century and not when Mormon apparently carved the record of the Nephites onto gold plates in the fourth century BC. This is important because it shows that modern Christianity didn't come from Yeshua (at least directly) and it also shows that the gospels are not enterally accurate (due to the numerous revisions at the time).Was Christianity All BorrowedYou assume I think that Christianity was all borrowed from previous paganism and try to rebut that. In reality my position is that Christianity was influenced by paganism during its formative years (from the second to the fourth century's AD) I think there are sufficient parallels (Mithras, saviour gods, Prometheus, Mashiah's ect) to show that Christianity was certainly not original to one person. Some of it was probably made up around the time of Nicaea and more of it was probably thought up by individuals in the previous several centuries.Other Mashiah's of the TimeHere is a record of one Mashiah claimant from around the same time according to Josephus (remember I am still not conceding that he is accurate): "There was also Simon, who had been a slave of king Herod, but in other respects a comely person, of a tall and robust body; he was one that was much superior to others of his order, and had had great things committed to his care. This man was elevated at the disorderly state of things, and was so bold as to put a diadem on his head, while a certain number of the people stood by him, and by them he was declared to be a king, and he thought himself more worthy of that dignity than any one else." "He burnt down the royal palace at Jericho, and plundered what was left in it. He also set fire to many other of the king's houses in several places of the country, utterly destroyed them, and permitted those that were with him to take what was left in them for a prey. He would have done greater things, but care was taken to repress him immediately. [The commander of Herod's infantry] Gratus joined himself to some Roman soldiers, took the forces he had with him, and met Simon. And after a great and a long fight, no small part of those that had come from Peraea (a disordered body of men, fighting rather in a bold than in a skillful manner) were destroyed. Although Simon had saved himself by flying away through a certain valley, Gratus overtook him, and cut off his head."Again here is Josephus (remember I am still not conceding that he is accurate): "Athronges, a person neither eminent by the dignity of his progenitors, nor for any great wealth he possessed. For he had been a mere shepherd, not known by anybody. But because he was a tall man, and excelled others in the strength of his hands, he was so bold as to set up for king. This man thought it so sweet a thing to do more than ordinary injuries to others, that, although he risked his life, he did not much care if he lost it in so great a design.He had four brothers, who were tall men themselves, and were believed to be superior to others in the strength of their hands, and thereby were encouraged to aim at great things, and thought that strength of theirs would support them in retaining the kingdom. Each of these ruled over a band of men of their own (for those that got together to them were very numerous). They were every one of them also commanders; but when they came to fight, they were subordinate to him, and fought for him. After he had put a diadem about his head, he assembled a council to debate about what things should be done, and all things were done according to his pleasure. So, this man retained his power a great while; he was also called king, and had nothing to hinder him from doing what he pleased.Together with his brothers, he slew a great many of both of Roman and of the king's forces, and managed matters with the like hatred to each of them. They fell upon the king's soldiers because of the licentious conduct they had been allowed under Herod's government; and they fell upon the Romans, because of the injuries they had so lately received from them. But in process of time they grew more cruel to all sorts of men, nor could anyone escape from one or other of these seditions, since they slew some out of the hopes of gain, and others from a mere custom of slaying men.Once, they attacked a Roman company at Emmaus, soldiers who were bringing grain and weapons to the army, and fell upon Arius, the centurion, who commanded the company, and shot forty of the best of his foot soldiers. The other Romans panicked after this slaughter, left their dead behind them, and were saved by Gratus, who came to their assistance with the king's troops that he commanded. Now these four brethren continued the war a long while by such sort of expeditions, and they much grieved the Romans; but they did their own nation also a great deal of mischief.Afterwards they were subdued; one of them in a fight with Gratus, another with Ptolemy; Herod Archelaus took the eldest of them prisoner; while the last of them was so dejected at the other's misfortune, and saw so plainly that he had no way now left to save himself, his army being worn away with sickness and continual labors, that he also delivered himself up to Archelaus, upon his promise and oath to God to preserve his life. But these things came to pass a good while afterward."So here are some parallels:Yeshua: Inner core of followers (we don't know it was 12) Athronges: Inner core of followers.Yeshua: Vandalised buildings of the established powers Simon: Vandalised buildings of the established powersYeshua: Killed by the romans Simon: Killed by the Romans Athronges: Killed by the RomansYeshua: Humble beginnings Athronges: Humble beginningsYeshua: Claimed (of said to have claimed) mashiah Athronges: Claimed: mashiah Simon: Claimed mashiahThis shows that their were similar mashiah's talked about during the time when the life of Yeshua was recorded.People Who Met the ApostlesYou claim that their were people alive in the second century who had met the apostles? Really? The apostles were probably aged between 20 and 25 when Yeshua died (going with biblical chronology) which would have meant they would have almost certainly died soon after. But even if they lived a normal life by todays standards (several times their life expectancy) they would have lived to a little past the middle of the first century. So in reality you are claiming that the apostles(or at least some of them) lived several times their life expectancy (quite possibly outliving many of their great grandchildren) and that the chose to pass on what they knew to people who would live equally as long?You also claim that the gospels show the same story "the unanimous testimony through the centuries". Here is the story of Yeshua's tomb being found open according to Matthew "After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.2 There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. 3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. 4 The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.5 The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 6 He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. 7 Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.’ Now I have told you.”8 So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples. 9 Suddenly Jesus met them. “Greetings,” he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him. 10 Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.”"And here is John:"Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb 12 and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.13 They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?”“They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they have put him.” 14 At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus.15 He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?”Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.”16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.”[1] Mithraic Studies: Proceedings of the First International Congress of Mithraic Studies. Manchester U. Press, 1975, p. http://www.jstor.org...[2] McManners Oxford Illustrated History of Christianity p. 37[3] http://en.wikipedia.org...