This question was recently asked: “Why do I hear that the crucifixion and resurrection of christ is an historical fact?” This was the best answer. “It is not historical fact. I know, I have a degree in history. Historical fact can be proven. Fables can't be proven. You are referring to a part of a mythological system of belief. Myths and beliefs can't be proven and are not accepted as fact.”
There must be a psychological explanation for this blindness, because there is not any historical explanation
1. What we know about Alexander the Great could fit on only a few sheets of paper; yet no one doubts that Alexander existed. (Meie.MarJ - Meier, John P. - A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus. New York: Doubleday, 1991.)
2. There is no body of ancient literature in the world which enjoys such a wealth of good textual attestation as the New Testament. (F.F. Bruce, The Books and the Parchments: How We Got Our English Bible, Fleming H. Revell Co., 1950, 178.”
3. In real terms, the New Testament is easily the best attested ancient writing in terms of the sheer number of documents, the time span between the events and the document, and the variety of documents available to sustain or contradict it. There is nothing in ancient manuscript evidence to match such textual availability and integrity.( Ravi K. Zacharias, Can Man Live Without God? Word Publishing, 1994, 162.)
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