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I am merely stating that his account is neither a contemporary account, nor a direct source.
Umm yeah, 92% of what we know about prominent figures in Antiquity was written by people who never knew them and lived at least 100 years after them.
Take Alexander for instance. NONE of the sources we have on him are contemporary, the earliest one is at least 200 years after his death. By your reasoning we should doubt that he existed.
Thats true. If we ignore the vast amount of archeological evidence for his existence and ignore the impact of his rule... Ever heard of the hellenistic period? How about the Alexandrias. The cities founded by and named after Alexander the Great. What about Alexander IV of Macedon? The son of Alexander the Great. Whats more, those texts dealing with Alexander the Great are based off primary sources from the accounts of people who actually met, spoke with, and served under Alexander the great. There is plenty of evidence to support the existence of Alexander the Great. There is on the other hand, very litte evidence for Jesus and no evidence for biblical, walk on water jesus. And where the hell did you pull that percentage from?
Of course, Alexander was a king/military ruler who went on campaigns across the known world. Christ is a peasant who didn't travel outside of Galilee and Judea.
If you wanna base historicity on the impact they had then there's really no contest. Alexander did change the world but his accomplishments are next to nothing compared to the influence a poor carpenter from the Middle East would have on the minds of men and women. I'm just not convinced. Why would a bunch of peasants just one day make up this story about this supposed son of God? For the lulz? I mean, it's not like they didn't know they were gonna be horribly killed, eventually. It's not like they thought they were gonna cash in quickly and live out the rest of the lives very comfortably. Who the hell takes the risk of being skinned alive or whatever over something you know is a lie? And how the hell did these uneducated plebeians get so smart that they were able to fool the freaking world? Something just doesn't add up.