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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So whoever told Tacitus and Josephus this story was convincing. Neither met him or saw him work “miracles”.

But that’s all you’ve got. A convincing story that people chose to believe. No way to actually know if it is true. 
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You know what? You can go out on your own little limb and sit there all by yourself. If that makes you happy. As pp posted above, the vast majority of scholars with real qualifications disagree with you.[/quote]

You mean, a bunch of biased scholars?

If there were indisputable evidence that he existed there wouldn’t be any question.

There’s not. 
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What would be indisputable evidence?[/quote]

Unbiased/independent, contemporaneous report. 
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Many people who knew Jesus were still around when Mark, Paul and others wrote about Jesus. John claimed to be an eye witness to Jesus’ life and teaching.

You keep trying to exclude the gospels on various specious grounds that no court would entertain. If your brother tells me 20 years after the fact that you robbed a bank and he helped launder the money, should I not take it seriously? 
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You could think it’s possible that he robbed the bank but you don’t know for sure. Would I take the word of a criminal who may have ulterior motives?

Anyway, none of the gospels were eyewitness reports. 
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All phenomenon are observed by our senses which can be fooled. Therefore, no evidence is certain. You should have learned this in basic philosophy and moved past pendanticism. No evidence can satisfy your capricious and arbitrary requirements.[/quote]

Seeking an independent, contemporaneous report is hardly “capricious” or “arbitrary”.  
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