http://johncwright.livejournal.com/155936.html?page=1#comments

So…here’s something to chew upon.

Take the question of Jesus’ existence. Dawkins may have his reservations; so might Onfray and Hitchens. But no one who is actually doing ancient history does. I contacted three eminent ancient history professors this week and asked if they knew of any professional historian who argued that Jesus never lived. They did not. Professor Graeme Clarke of the Australian National University was happy to go on the record as saying: “Frankly, I know of no ancient historian or biblical historian who would have a twinge of doubt about the existence of a Jesus Christ – the documentary evidence is simply overwhelming.” Dawkins inadvertently proves the point. In The God Delusion his sole example of a serious historical case against the existence of Jesus is that of “Professor G.A. Wells of the University of London”. Dawkins does not mention that George Wells is a professor of German language, not history.

That Jesus lived cannot be disputed. In addition to the plentiful Christian sources of the first century, we have two references to Jesus by the first-century Jewish writer Josephus, one mention by the great Roman chronicler Tacitus and a highly probable reference by Mara bar Serapion, a little-known Syrian writer of the first century. From these non-Christian sources we learn not only when and where Jesus lived and died but also that he was a famous teacher and healer. Josephus speaks of paradoxa erga, “extraordinary deeds”. I recently interviewed Professor Geza Vermes of the University of Oxford and asked him about these intriguing words. Vermes is a leading biblical historian and committed Jew. He explained what virtually everyone in the field today considers beyond doubt: Jesus did things which friend and foe alike thought were supernatural. What those things were the historian cannot say. All we know with near certainty is that Jesus’ contemporaries found them extraordinary.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/facts-and-friction-of-easter/2008/03/21/1205602592557.html

http://mygoddlessdrama.blogspot.com/2008/03/happy-risen-zombie-day.html

Jesus never walked on water though. It’s all a myth just like how John Titor never really time traveled and how OJ Simpson never really killed anyone.