i think jesus was not real

References to Jesus Christ as a historical individual are not only found in the Bible, or as you put it, "stories in books". He is found in Greek, Roman, and Jewish sources. Tacitus was a well-known "senator, orator, ethnographer, and arguably the best of Roman historians." His major work, titled 'Annals', speaks of the Emperor Nero, who was "suspected of secretly ordering the of a part of town where he wanted to carry out a building project, so he tried to shift the blame to Christians." Here's a quote from Annals: "[N]either human effort nor the emperor"s generosity nor the placating of the gods ended the scandalous belief that the fire had been ordered [by Nero]. Therefore, to put down the rumor, Nero substituted as culprits and punished in the most unusual ways those hated for their shameful acts " whom the crowd called 'Chrestians.' The founder of this name, Christ [Christus in Latin], had been executed in the reign of Tiberius by the procurator Pontius Pilate " Suppressed for a time, the deadly superstition erupted again not only in Judea, the origin of this evil, but also in the city [Rome], where all things horrible and shameful from everywhere come together and become popular." Keep in mind that Tacitus was a historian and that he was not Christian. A Jewish priest and aristocrat known as Josephus also mentions Jesus as a historical person. "Few scholars have ever doubted the authenticity of [his] short account." Here's a quote from his work, titled the 'Testimonium Flavianum': "Around this time there lived Jesus, a wise man, if indeed one ought to call him a man. For he was one who did surprising deeds, and a teacher of such people as accept the truth gladly. He won over many Jews and many of the Greeks. He was the Messiah. When Pilate, upon hearing him accused by men of the highest standing among us, had condemned him to be crucified, those who in the first place came to love him did not give up their affection for him, for on the third day, he appeared to them restored to life. The prophets of God had prophesied this and countless other marvelous things about him. And the tribe of Christians, so called after him, have still to this day not died out." Lucien of Samosata, a Greek satirist, despite not providing a name, clearly refers to Jesus as a historical individual in his work titled 'Peregrinus'. Here's a quote: "It was then that he learned the marvelous wisdom of the Christians, by associating with their priests and scribes in Palestine. And" what else?"in short order he made them look like children, for he was a prophet, cult leader, head of the congregation and everything, all by himself. He interpreted and explained some of their books, and wrote many himself. They revered him as a god, used him as a lawgiver, and set him down as a protector"to be sure, after that other whom they still worship, the man who was crucified in Palestine because he introduced this new cult into the world." Here's another: "For having convinced themselves that they are going to be immortal and live forever, the poor wretches despise death and most even willingly give themselves up. Furthermore, their first lawgiver persuaded them that they are all brothers of one another after they have transgressed once for all by denying the Greek gods and by worshiping that crucified sophist himself and living according to his laws." One final point I'd like to make: very few scholars deny that Jesus Christ was a historical individual. Most scholars agree that He was a historical individual. You may believe whatever you want about His divinity, but this debate is about whether he was a real historical individual or not. SOURCE: http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org... All quotes that were not specified belong to this article. The article itself was written by Lawrence Mykytiuk, an associate professor of library science as well as the history librarian at Perdue University. He has a PhD in Hebrew and Semitic Studies and authored the book 'Identifying Biblical Persons in Northwest Semitic Inscriptions of 1200"539 B.C.E.'.