There is overwhelming evidence...
***Overwhelming evidence is not proof, which is what you appear to be demanding when it comes to evidence towards Christian faith. Your lopsided requirements for historicity of Christ include that there needs to be “contemporary” sources, and even mention from Roman sources. I gave you contemporary evidence from his ENEMIES and you go into cricket mode. Now that you’ve been delivered such overwhelming evidence, you need to look back at history and ask if there is any other figure in history that can fit such historicity requirements. By your standard, you couldn’t even prove that Julius Caesar existed.
You say on this thread,
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2055375/posts?page=175#175
“My disdain is for people who are dishonest debaters, not believers.” Yet you have been shown to be a dishonest debater on this thread.
There is no objective contemporary evidence for the existence of Jesus of Nazeareth. It does not mean that he didn’t exist. I suspect he did.
Most Christians do not even know this or care.
To the faithful it shouldn’t matter. To a scientist, it HAS to matter.