Did a man named Jesus of Nazareth once Exist - Team Debate

Argument 1: 98% of scholars agree Jesus existedCurrently, 98-99% of scholars agree that A man by the name of Christ, who led a group called the christians, was trialed by a man named Pontitus Pilate. Many atheist scholars have been vocal, that they can not respect any educated man who denies Jesus of Nazareth existed. There is just an overwhelming amount of evidence, and some scholars have even went as far as calling mythicists uneducated and ignorant. http://www.newmediaministries.org...http://www.bede.org.uk...Argument 2: We have more evidence of Jesus then..... Julius Caesar. The great general who conquered Gaul, invaded Iberia, established a dictatorship, and defeated Pompey in the Roman Civil War. Books were written about him, hell, he even made some himself. For you to argue that there is not enough evidence that Jesus of Nazareth existed, then you would have to deny EVERY person that is recorded less then Caesar. Which would be nearly everyone of ancient and medieval history.Argument 3: I have only included a portion of the secular authors.I have honestly only put a portion of the secular authors who recorded Jesus's existence. If I were to put the rest, and all the non-secular authors, I would have went 20 rounds. There is just to much evidence to sanely deny the man.Rebuttals Starting with your sources, Josephus according to your second source for him was alive at approximately 37 AD. However, Jesus was to be born at around scholars estimate from 7 to 2 B.C.E. I figured you would bring this up. Josephus, was in fact, quoting multiple sources in "Testimonium Flavianum" Something he was admired for. Josephus even confirmed John the Baptist, another famous man/prophet who wrote 100's of letters and records of Jesus's existence. Please read the below article regarding Josephus on Jesus:http://www.theistic-evolution.com...This is also the same case for your next source, Tacticus. He is born at around 55 C.E. (A.D. C.E. is a Christian translation of the time A.D.) and thus, he can not be accounted for a witness to the trial. (also, his birth was from the first listed source for him from Pro's argument with Tacticus, a .edu domain..) I am doubting whether or not you actually looked at the actual text. Tacitus was the most respected and generally considered the greatest Roman historian. Almost all Roman scholars agree the passage was genuine, and showed a complete knowledge of the time, and was most likely sourced from the roman achrive, as he was a high official, and had access to every single record that the scribes had ever recorded on Rome. Your next argument is not any better with Julius. He is even older than the other two. According to my opponent's encyclopedia source (Britannica), he was born at around 180 A.D. There is not any chance or way he had access to any reliable account of Jesus. I request Con to relook at the passage I provided for Sextus Julius Africanus, as he has clearly passed over the details. It is Thallus who was eyewitness to Jesus, a secular man who had lived during the crucifixion. http://christianthinktank.com...I would like to remind the audience has actually provided no sources of his own. He has only repasted my sources in a list, even though he did not dispute manyof them, or did he make solid cases regarding which, besides age. Also, if you have a request (pictures), please tell me over pm. I will stop if it bothers you, but it seems like you are attempting a conduct attack.My opponent also likes to use pictures... Really... Big... Pictures.. If he could please not do that, that would be greatly appreciated. Personally, I found it annoying when the picture was bigger than his points. That is just my opinion. He can if he feels it is necessary. I am just asking politely. (Why am I asking him via the debate and not message? So the audience knows in case if they are wondering why the pictures {rum (Pirates of the Caribbean reference)} is gone. This is a direct violation of the rules. I see in no way how attacking christianity is relevant to the debate. He accepted the debate, and I even took the time to clarify the rules for him, but he still decides to do it. He has already forfeited, but I ask the audience to take the rule violation into due consideration, and discredit all arguments made directly related to the post above, as he has been imformed prior.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Conclusion - There is more evidence on Jesus then almost any other figure in history.- 98-99% of educated scholars believe in his existence. - 100% of my opponents argument were based on the fact that many of the people were not alive during the crucifixion, but I never had claimed they were.- There are 1000's of other records and authors who have confirmed Jesus existed.- Denying the 98% is no diffirent then denying the 98% who believe in global warming.- My opponent has violated the rules on three different occasions, even after I clarified and confirmed many.- My opponent provides no sources of his own, but has copied my sources, even though I had read through his arguments many times, and many were irrelevant to anything he said. Thank you for debating me Demonlord, and good luck in future debates.