Jesus Christ is the most influential figure on the planet, with more than 2 billion worshippers worldwide and many more who fondly study his teachings. But what if he never existed? Many skeptics have posed this very question, and while true believers scoff at such suggestions, the debate is far from resolved. Jesus may have changed the world, but did he really walk the Earth?
Zindler dismisses Paul’s testimony first because he never met Jesus in person. Since Tacitus probably never met Nero in person (he would have been a child at the time), does that mean we can dismiss everything Tacitus wrote about Nero?
Zindler says, “The rest of the so-called Pauline epistles can be shown to have been written by other and later authors, so we can throw them out right now and not worry about them.” I beg to differ, and can argue authenticity for each one he wishes to dispute.
I have answered the issue of silences used by Wells in one of my responses.
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