God exists

I will provide some of the Historical evidence for Jesus Christ to prove that He existed and that the claims about Him was what was believed from the earliest times. The evidence is historical and science cannot disprove it as mentioned earlier in the debate. The term Christ or Christos needs to be understood in its proper perspective to understand who Jesus claimed to be. The Messiah or Christ was prophesied to be God. Jesus was asked during his trial: "Are You the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?" (Mark14:61). The High Priest understood what the relationship was between the Christ and the Son of God. I have heard people say that Jesus never claimed to be God but if the meaning of the Christ, the Son of God, is understood then it becomes clear that Jesus did in fact claim to be God. John 10:32-33: Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God. John 5:18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God. The following people who attest to the existence of Christ were not Christians themselves. However, they were contemporaries of the Apostles and many witnesses who were still alive who witnessed the miracles, death and resurrection of Christ. If you want the sources for the statement below, then type each name below into a search engine and you will find multiple references. Thallus (52AD) When Jesus died there was a period of darkness. An event like that would be significant and Thallus who was not a Christian recorded such an event. The same was also mentioned by Phlegon (80-140AD) as recorded by Julius Africanus. Tacitus (56-120AD) Tacticus was a Roman who mentions Christos who was crucified under Pontius Pilatus. Pliny the Younger (61-113AD) Mentions Christ and made also a reference that his followers worshipped Christ "as to a god". Suetonius (69-140AD) Refer to Christ or Christians. The name given to the Disciples of Christ. Lucian of Samosata: (115-200 A.D.) Lucian records that the leader of the Christians was crucified. Josephus (37-101AD) Josephus mentions Jesus and that he was crucified. He also mentions that His followers were called Christians. Again, the name was given to them because they believed Jesus was the Christ. The Babylonian Talmud (70-500AD) The Talmud makes reference to Jesus. Today some try to deny this, but the existence of Jesus was recorded by the Jews. Archeological Evidence " "The new artifact is an ossuary, a medium-sized box in which human bones were placed for permanent burial after the flesh had all decayed away. This practice was employed for only a brief period of time from about B.C. 20 to A.D. 70. The box is made of a soft, chalky, limestone, common to the area. The contents have long since vanished. Most remarkably, an inscription has been etched into the side which reads, "James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus" in the Aramaic script of the time. Careful studies, including scrutiny under a scanning electron microscope show the inscription to be genuine. The patina, or oxidized surface equally covers both box and the interior of the etched letters. The recognized expert on such matters, Dr. Andre Lemaire, concludes: "I am pleased to report that in my judgment it is genuinely ancient and not a fake." http://www.icr.org... This is a Christian source but there are many other secular sources who reported the same finding. Christian Sources: There are many references to be found tin the Church father library to the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Some of the early Church fathers even knew eyewitnesses who were still alive in their time. Polycarp (AD 69-155) Polycarp was a disciple of the Apostle John. He attests to what the early Christians held as the common faith regarding Jesus Christ. But may the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, and Jesus Christ Himself, who is the Son of God, and our everlasting High Priest, build you up in faith and truth, and in all meekness, gentleness, patience, long-suffering, forbearance, and purity; and may He bestow on you a lot and portion among His saints, and on us with you, and on all that are under heaven, who shall believe in our Lord Jesus Christ, and in His Father, who raised Him from the dead.Galatians 1:1 (http://www.newadvent.org...). The evidence that Jesus existed is overwhelming considering the time that passed up until now and the sources preserved until now. Not only was his existence confirmed but He was also referred to as the Christ when spoken of, God manifest in the flesh. There are many people today who try to ignore the evidence by trying to claim that this or that account is a forgery or that Christians changed sources for their own purposes. I listed the non-Christian and Christian sources that agree together that shows that the above mentioned claims of forgery are not correct. The non-Christians had nothing to gain by stating what they stated about Jesus Christ. It must also be remembered that early Christians were persecuted, hated, and blamed for anything that went wrong, their property was confiscated, burned, tortured and killed for what they believed in. There was no material gain for inventing stories about Jesus. There was no fame or fortune. There is also no reason or logic to die for a lie. The early Christians were eyewitnesses and contemporaries of eyewitnesses whose faith was based on what they have seen and experienced, truth and not a lie. In later centuries the mega churches started appearing and it can be reasoned that the mega churched had something to gain, politically and financially, but this is not true of the early Christians. I have asked different people who claimed they are atheist on this site to answer three basic questions on what Christians believe. None of the people could tell me what Christians are to believe according to the BIBLE. They argue against the Bible and Christianity but I find it strange that someone will argue against something they do not know about. Have you ever read the Bible from cover to cover (a KJV)? Have you ever tried to find a Biblical solution to a problem in the Bible instead of dreaming up something? Perhaps you should follow Job's example. He said: in ignorance have I spoken but now I will put my hand on my mouth (my paraphrase). "Taste and see that the Lord is good" open a KJV Bible and start reading the Bible, and not read about the Bible.