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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“I think that the New Testament does provide prima facie evidence for the historicity of Jesus. It is clear, then, that if we are going to apply to the New Testament the same sort of criteria as we should apply to other ancient writings containing historical material, we should not require independent confirmation of the New Testament’s claim that Jesus existed.” 
━━ Jeffery Jay Lowder, writing on the Secular Web.[/quote]

This supports “most likely” existed.

“Prima facie”, which means gives the impression.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/prima-facie[/quote]

Your play on words alludes to something nonexistent - a final arbitrer as to Jesus's existence, like a tribunal.  There is not one.  This logic is a road to nowhere.  No arbitrer decides with finality for all of humanity whether Jesus existed.  Rather, each of us decides for ourselves.

So "most likely" is how YOU might feel.  [/quote]

Well put. And pp is in a tiny minority, along with Holocaust deniers and flat earthers.[/quote]

No one denied his existence.

And we have hard evidence and eye witnesses to prove that the Holocaust happened and that the earth is a sphere. 
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