Question: Do non-Christians agree that the cause of death of the first person baptized in the Bible happened?

<P0-S0> thomas aikenhead ( – 8 january 1697) was a scottish student from edinburgh, who was prosecuted and executed at the age of 20 on a charge of blasphemy under the act against blasphemy 1661 and act against blasphemy 1695. he was the last person on the island of great britain to be executed for blasphemy. <P0-S1> his execution happened 85 years after the death of edward wightman (1612), the last person to be burned at the stake for heresy in england. <SEP> <P1-S0> The baptism of Jesus and his crucifixion are considered to be two historically certain facts about Jesus. <P1-S1> James Dunn states that these "two facts in the life of Jesus command almost universal assent" and "rank so high on the 'almost impossible to doubt or deny' scale of historical facts" that they are often the starting points for the study of the historical Jesus. <P1-S2> Bart Ehrman states that the crucifixion of Jesus on the orders of Pontius Pilate is the most certain element about him. <P1-S3> Eddy and Boyd state that it is now "firmly established" that there is non-Christian confirmation of the crucifixion of Jesus. <P1-S4> Craig Blomberg states that most scholars in the third quest for the historical Jesus consider the crucifixion indisputable. <P1-S5> Christopher M. Tuckett states that, although the exact reasons for the death of Jesus are hard to determine, one of the indisputable facts about him is that he was crucified. <P1-S6> John Dominic Crossan states that the crucifixion of Jesus is as certain as any historical fact can be. <SEP> <P2-S0> Critical scholars broadly agree that the baptism of Jesus is one of the most authentic, or historically likely, events in the life of the historical Jesus. <P2-S1> Christian baptism has its origin in the baptism of Jesus, in both a direct and historical sense. <P2-S2> Many of the earliest followers of Jesus were people who, like him, were baptized in the Jordan by John the Baptist. <P2-S3> At the start of his ministry, Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist. <SEP> <P3-S0> Most Christians believe Jesus enables people to be reconciled to God. <P3-S1> Christian doctrines include the beliefs that Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit, was born of a virgin named Mary, performed miracles, founded the Christian Church, died by crucifixion as a sacrifice to achieve atonement for sin, rose from the dead, and ascended into Heaven, from where he will return. <P3-S2> The Nicene Creed asserts that Jesus will judge the living and the dead either before or after their bodily resurrection, an event tied to the Second Coming of Jesus in Christian eschatology. <P3-S3> The great majority of Christians worship Jesus as the incarnation of God the Son, the second of three persons of the Trinity. <P3-S4> A minority of Christian denominations reject Trinitarianism, wholly or partly, as non-scriptural. <P3-S5> The birth of Jesus is celebrated annually on December 25 (or various dates in January by some eastern churches) as Christmas. <P3-S6> His crucifixion is honored on Good Friday and his resurrection on Easter. <P3-S7> The widely used calendar era "AD", from the Latin "anno Domini" ("in the year of the Lord"), and the equivalent alternative "CE", are based on the approximate birthdate of Jesus. <SEP> <P4-S0> preterm birth is the most common cause of perinatal mortality, causing almost 30 percent of neonatal deaths. <P4-S1> infant respiratory distress syndrome, in turn, is the leading cause of death in preterm infants, affecting about 1% of newborn infants. <P4-S2> birth defects cause about 21 percent of neonatal death.