Quote: Chant said: show me the facts of jesus walking the earth!
there are historical, non-religious references to jesus. he was an actual man. i don't have any specific texts to prove this, but i took a whole series of classes on the subject that did, if that counts
the difference being christians believe him to be the son/embodiment of god, from an immaculate conception. that is the debatable part, from a religious perspective -- even the jewish faith recognizes his life (just not his "rank," so to speak)
but from a historical perspective, he was real.
last I heard there still was no DEFINITIVE proof that he was real beyond biblical texts.
And history that far back can be sketchy. Given how he was treated by the Romans and how history skews things, in 2000 years Christians may mention David Koresh as the second coming.
