Jesus Christ Existed

My opponent opens the round by saying that the Gospels are very unreliable sources because they are "based on hearsay", "have contradictions", "were not written 150 years after the fact", "have been edited", and "defy historical fact". I will address a few of these points. First of all, I am not here to debate contradictions. All of the literature I showed as evidence for the existence of Christ was written within 150 years of Jesus's death. Most earlier than that. My opponent also provides no evidence for any of these claims. This doesn't defy historical fact, a depression could refer to a number of different things ranging from the economy to the politics. Let's now look at how the Gospel's mesure up to other ancient texts in the world. We obviously don’t have the original books written in the Bible. So how do we know if what we have carries any resemblance of the original? We you look at the earliest copies that we have and we compare them. Let’s say someone wrote an essay that was 100 words. The problem is that the original essay is nowhere to be found, but there are two hand copies of the essays. Every word in the essay is the same except the last. So we would have a 99% pure text in the two manuscripts. It’s the same process when dealing with any ancient document. So let’s see how the New Testament Scriptures compare to other ancient documents. Author DateWritten Earliest Copy Approximate Time Span between original & copy Number of Copies Accuracy of Copies Lucretius died 55 or 53 B. C. 1100 yrs 2 ---- Pliny 61-113 A. D. 850 A. D. 750 yrs 7 ---- Plato 427-347 B. C. 900 A. D. 1200 yrs 7 ---- Demosthenes 4th Cent. B. C. 1100 A. D. 800 yrs 8 ---- Herodotus 480-425 B. C. 900 A. D. 1300 yrs 8 ---- Suetonius 75-160 A. D. 950 A. D. 800 yrs 8 ---- Thucydides 460-400 B. C. 900 A. D. 1300 yrs 8 ---- Euripides 480-406 B. C. 1100 A. D. 1300 yrs 9 ---- Aristophanes 450-385 B. C. 900 A. D. 1200 yrs 10 ---- Caesar 100-44 B. C. 900 A. D. 1000 yrs 10 ---- Livy 59 BC-AD 17 ---- ? ?? 20 ---- Tacitus circa 100 A. D. 1100 A. D. 1000 yrs 20 ---- Aristotle 384-322 B. C. 1100 A. D. 1400 yrs 49 ---- Sophocles 496-406 B. C. 1000 A. D 1400 yrs 193 ---- Homer (Iliad) 900 B. C. 400 B. C. 500 yrs 643 95% NewTestament 1st Cent. A. D. (50-100 A. D. 2nd Cent. A. D. (c. 130 A. D. f. ) less than 100 years 5600 99.5% We can see that these texts are the most reliable ancient texts in the known world. To say they have been altered or can't be trusted is completely illogical. To say that we shouldn't trust the Gospels as reliable is to say we shouldn't trust the writings of Aristotle as the original. If my opponent says that Jesus doesn't exist, then by using his logic Caesar, Aristotle, and Shakespear also never existed. My opponent makes several arguments against all of my evidence. Well I have won the argument for the Gospels, however my opponent has not provided any sources for anything he says. He quotes verse but never releases his source of his information. If my opponent expects me to legitimately attack his case then he needs provide sources so I can evaluate them. The claims he is making does not match up with anything I have ever seen when researching this subject. So none of his arguments can be considered valid, until he provides a legitimate source. I would also like to say that if Jesus never existed, then we are talking about the biggest lie in human history. People have died for this cause because they claimed Jesus rose from the grave. If Jesus never existed then all 42 authors must have gotten together to fake all of this. What would their motives be? Why would anyone do this? It seems to me that it would take more than a Jesus to fake a Jesus. Because my opponent provides no sources to any of his arguments, the Gospels are the most reliable ancient documents in the known world, and there are 42 independent authors who confirm Jesus's existence, then Pro should win. I urge a pro ballet and I look forward to my opponent's response and his sources.