Evolution?

[Dr John]

You wrote: "You can believe there was probably a person named Jesus who had a following, while not believing the rest of the mythological accounts. A good portion of the Bible's accounts of geological history are demonstrably false. There is also very little material to document Jesus's life outside of the Bible."

I disagree with you on this my friend, there is ample of evidence of the works of Jesus outside of the bible, several 1st century jewish historians even mention Jesus in the writings of antiquity, the crucifixion and the resurrection are also mentioned. It is important to also note that the bible was not written thousands of years after the death of Jesus, but rather the earliest writings are well within the lifetimes of some of the people who witnessed these events and would have or could have stood up if this was false. For example, there is evidence among many historians that the book of Mark was written no later then about AD 60, perhaps even the late 50's. If Jesus was put to death in AD 30 or 33, we're talking about a maximum gap of 30 years or so. Historically speaking, especially when compared to Alexander the great, that's like a news flash. As a comparison, the two earliest biographies of Alexander the Great were written more then 400 years after his death in 323 BC, yet historians generally consider them to be trustworthy.

This is probably not the place and time to delve into the debate on whether the bible is fact or fantasy, as the original posting of this has to do with evolution. Since I can not add much to that conversation with the little time I have left in the day, I will say that we could debate all day on the bible and on Christ. I urge you look at Lee Strobel's book, the Case for Christ. It is a very easy read and presents the case as if it was to be a court case. As an aside, Lee Strobel was an Atheist, he took a two year journey to do an in depth investigation into what evidence do we have for Jesus and for the claims the bible makes about him. Lee is also a graduate of Yale Law School and was the legal editor for the Chicago Tribune.