Although I agree that Yeshua of Nazareth was a real historical figure, your argument is fatally flawed.

What other institution? Islam is but 500 years younger than Christianity, while Buddhism is 400 years older. The earliest Hindu Vedas date to at least 1,100 BC. Judaism goes back maybe 4,000 years. And that's just religions. Other institutions lasting that long? City-scale government has been around for 5,000 years. Agriculture is about 11,000 years old. But then, those are practical applications, so I guess it's unfair to compare them to religion.

But all this is ignoring the fundamental problem here: lots of people believing in something doesn't make it true. Lots of people used to believe the world was flat; and moreover, many people still don't realize that this theory was debunked in the 4th century BC by the Greeks, rather than by Columbus, who in fact merely believed the world was a smaller sphere than was believed at the time (he was dead wrong and would have died if a hitherto-unknown continent hadn't happened to be in his way).

If he sacrificed himself for the world's sins, then how come he was crucified unwillingly by the Romans? I'm sorry but your reasoning is lacking. History clearly states that the Romans crucified Jesus because he broke Roman law. He didn't sacrifice himself.

human beings can't get their history right from one day to the next, how in the world can you believe that the story of jesus is an accurate account?

the current catholic rulers just went ahead and added more sins to their list, for pete's sake! right there, change has been made that from now on will be taken as gospel, the word of god.

of COURSE jesus is a mythological fiction we have better recordkeeping options now then at any other time in history and WE mess things up. think about it people.

WOW...they seen you coming

there was no alphabet 2000 years ago that had the symbols to produce the sounds of any of the names in the bible or book of mormon. We do not change or translate names in history. our alphabet of english is less then 500 years old sense 1630. see missing letter J part one & two. most likey shakespear wrote it. there is no item or situation of the bible that was available during that time period. same with the book of mormon. the camels are from austraila, the donkeys are from new mexico they were taken to the middle east in 1583. We do not or should not need the bible or Jesus or the name christ which is not 2000 years old to get an education and treat others well if they deserve it. thank you John cunningham johncunningham1956@netzero.com