Christianity is true

My opponent's mention of sacred relics, however, does not realise that after 2000 physical evidence of a executed Jew from an obscure village in Israel, he chance of such relics surviving is very slim, and is similar to cold-case homicides that are decades old, where forensic evidence is pretty much absent and circumstantial evidence is more common.Many late 1st and early 2nd century writers acknowledge the existence of a historical Jesus, but give little mention of divine power (as these sources were "unfriendly" pagan and Jewish sources with no reason to endorse Jesus). For example the Jewish historian Josephus, who references Jesus in Jewish Antiquities (Book 18) in a section known as the Testimonium Flavianum. This has sections that could be deemed suspicious and show evidence of Christian tampering (due to Josephus being a Jew and thus an "unfriendly" source), but once these are removed you still get a coherent idea of who the historical Jesus was:Around this time there lived Jesus, a wise 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. 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. And the tribe of Christians, so called after him, have still to this day not died out.The suspected edits have references about the resurrection and the deity of Jesus, which the Jews denied as blasphemy.The Roman historian Tacitus also mentions Jesus in his last major work, Annals. The context of the quote is that Tacitus was writing about the Great Fire of Rome in 64 AD, where Emperor Nero blamed Christians for the fire:Therefore, to put down the rumour, Nero substituted as culprits and punished in the most unusual ways those hated for their shameful acts … whom the crowd called “Christians.” 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.Although the mention of Jesus this small, it does mention Pontius Pilate, the Prefect of Judea at the time of Jesus, who's existence was supported by the Pilate Stone and several coins found from the time of Jesus.The Talmud, a collection of Rabbinical writings from 70 AD to 200 AD, mentions Jesus, albeit equally as short, but significant as it is a Jewish source with authority in Judaism:On the eve of the Passover Yeshu was hanged. For forty days before the execution took place, a herald ... cried, "He is going forth to be stoned because he has practiced sorcery and enticed Israel to apostasy." "Rabbi Eliezer said to the Elders: 'Did not the son of Stada practice Egyptian magic by cutting it into his flesh?' They replied: 'He was a fool, and we do not pay attention to what fools do. The son of Stada, Pandira's son, etc.' " as above in Sanhedrin, 67a.Stada means prostitute in this context, alluding to the circumstances of Jesus' birth, and acknowledges that he performed miracles, but blamed them on witchcraft. It also mentions the death of "Yeshu" the Hebrew name of Jesus, by being hanged (also alluding to the method of execution, crucifixion).Sources:http://www.bethinking.org...http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org...http://www.talmudunmasked.com...http://www.bible-history.com...http://www.coinsoftime.com...