What actual proof is there, if any, that Jesus onces walked the Earth?

other than the new testament, There are 39 sources stating Jesus exists. Josephine the Roman Jewish historian is one of these sources.
What actual proof is there, if any, that Jesus onces walked the Earth?
The historian is Josephus, a male name, not Josephine.
What actual proof is there, if any, that Jesus onces walked the Earth?
Be careful to remember that some guy named Jesus having lived does not mean he was the "Son of God".
Reply:There are 0 contemporary accounts of Jesus, and no physical evidence or records of his existence. There are the gospels, whom most scholars believe were written in 70CE or later.


Josephus, a jewish historian who was originally a rebel against Rome, wrote both a history of the jews and an account of the Roman war against Judea. The mention of Jesus in Josephus is suspect, especially since it is uncritical of the claims of Jesus. But Josephus himself was not born until a few years after Jesus died.


There are other referneces in writings such as Tacitus and Pliny the Younger. These basically indicate that there was a cultish religion called christianity, that was based around the life of a jew who had been killed by the Romans. So they do less to establish the existence of Jesus than the existence of Christians.


So, on the actual proof side, there is little to no evidence. Given the times and the commoness of the name Jesus (like John or William today), it's completely plausible that there was someone named Jesus who might have been a preacher and gained followers, and who was crucified by the Romans. But based on the available evidence, one could theorize Jesus was Buddha reincarnated, Jesus was married, Jesus was gay, Jesus was a space alien, etc. It all comes down to belief. You may believe in the gospel accounts of Jesus, or you may not. Believers cannot prove he did exist, and of course one cannot disprove a negative. Whatever the truth is, it's long since been covered, erased, modified, and otherwise altered by generations of believers who had access to the earliest writings that might have settled the issue.