[colt fan man]

i'll answer your quesion, when you and others on this board answer mine:

what is more believable - that there was a man named jesus who happened to be married and had a child?...OR, that a man named jesus was immaculately conceived, and walked on water, and turned water into wine, etc........

[DJ MacWoW]

I'm getting ready to leave the house but I'll give a quick answer.

what is more believable - that there was a man named jesus who happened to be married and had a child?

Unbelievable as there were too many witnesses that would not have lied for Him AND His followers gained nothing but painful deaths. Being stoned to death (Stephen) or thrown in boiling oil (John)or crucified upside down (Peter) isn't the kind of compensation that would make people continue to lie.

OR, that a man named jesus was immaculately conceived, and walked on water, and turned water into wine, etc........

Believable as He was the Son of who created all those things.

[MHGinTN]

Even in a court of law, when a multitude of witnesses testify to a thing that thing is registered as true. The writings from Jesus's day, by even non-religious historians, speak of the reality of His existence. Other more numerous voices testified to His works and His risen from the dead status. Even the poor Roman guards ordered to protect the tomb indirectly testify to the stone being rolled from the entrance to that tomb, from the inside! Given the preponderance of testimony to the veracity of Jesus risen from death, I'd say to dismiss such testimony is irresponsible and stiff necked, don'tchaknow. This is your cue to claim that all the testimony collected in scriptures (including the prophecies He fullfilled) are fabrications and stories made up by the many in order to fool you.