Because all humans are made in the image of God…

Nope. Your misguided attempts to get your hearsay classified as "history" failed miserably!
Jesus is the most well attested person of the first century in literary sources. He is more well attested in literary sources than Emperor Tiberias.

The existing evidence convinces me that that it's more probable than not that the testimony of Matthew, Mark, Paul, John, Luke, Clement, Ignatius, Polycarp are the attestations of eyewitnesses, or of people who interrogated the eyewitnesses. By the standards of ancient history, that is a bonanza of sources.

Analysis of the probability Matthew, Mark, Luke, John authored or dictated the canonical gospels.
GospelEvidence for authorship by apostle or evangelist
Alternative explanation
Probability the gospel was written or dictated by the person the gospel is named after
Gospel of MarkMark is identified by Bishop Pappias in late first/early second century as a secretary to the apostle Peter and the author of a gospel.
It is improbable Church leaders would randomly name a canonical gospel after a low-ranking and obscure Christian.
Pappias was confused about what he was told by people who knew the disciples of Jesus.
Pappias was referring to a different Mark, not the Mark of the canonical gospel.
More probable than not​
Gospel of LukeLuke is identified by Bishop Iranaeus in mid to late second century as author of the gospel of Luke.
It is improbable Church leaders would randomly name a canonical gospel after a low-ranking and obscure Christian.
First surviving attestation for the authorship of Gospel of Luke is about 100 years after it was written, reducing the reliability of this attestation.
As probable as not​
Gospel of MatthewMatthew is identified by Bishop Pappias in late first/early second century as an author of an Aramaic-version of a gospel.Even if Matthew wrote an Aramaic-version of a gospel, Greek translators in the late first century or second century could have completely re-worked it.
As probable as not​
Gospel of JohnBishop Iranaeus in mid-second century was told by Polycarp (a disciple of the apostle John) that John authored a gospel. That makes Iranaeus only one person removed from a disciple of Jesus.Iranaeus could have been confused about what Polycarp told him, or it could have been a different John, not the apostle John, who authored the canonical gospel.
Probable​


Nope. We've been over this. There are no first-hand accounts. None! Jesus cannot be officially declared an historical person!
There are no eyewitness, first-hand accounts of Alexander the Great. The oldest surviving account we have of Alexander was written four hundred years after he died.

You only hold Christian authors to a standard you hold no one else.

This is a tell sign that you have an agenda that is based on an emotional reaction.
 
Jesus is the most well attested person of the first century in literary sources. He is more well attested in literary sources than Emperor Tiberias.

The existing evidence convinces me that that it's more probable than not that the testimony of Matthew, Mark, Paul, John, Luke, Clement, Ignatius, Polycarp are the attestations of eyewitnesses, or of people who interrogated the eyewitnesses. By the standards of ancient history, that is a bonanza of sources.

Analysis of the probability Matthew, Mark, Luke, John authored or dictated the canonical gospels.




There are no eyewitness, first-hand accounts of Alexander the Great. The oldest surviving account we have of Alexander was written four hundred years after he died.

You only hold Christian authors to a standard you hold no one else.

This is a tell sign that you have an agenda that is based on an emotional reaction.
good point.

fuck Alexander the great.

he ain't shit.
 
Jesus is the most well attested person of the first century in literary sources.
Jesus is the least documented wrt first-hand accounts ... at zero documents. There is literally no one with less first-hand account documentation. It's like you are forcing people to think of Jesus as an urban legend.

The existing evidence convinces me that that it's more probable than not that the testimony of Matthew, Mark, Paul, John, Luke, Clement, Ignatius, Polycarp are the attestations of eyewitnesses,
First, you have to explain how you established this probability.
Second, you have to admit that there is no probability because it's just your opinion.
Third, you still have to get a time machine to travel back in time and verify your claim.

You have no first-hand accounts.

There are no eyewitness, first-hand accounts of Alexander the Great.

There are countless accounts, just not in the form of a manuscript. The coins he minted, of which we have thousands:

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There are many royal decrees such as the following:

ΩΣΕΠΕΣΤΕΙΛΑΝΟΙΠΡΕΣΒΕΥΤΑΙΕΚΠΕΡΣΙΔΟΣ
ΟΙΥΠΕΡΦΙΛΙΠΠΩΝΚΑΙΤΗΣΓΗΣΠΡΕΣΒΕΥΣΑΝΤΕΣ
ΩΣΒΑΣΙΛΕΑΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΝΚΑΙΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ
ΠΕΡΙΑΥΤΩΝΕΚΡΙΝΕΝΤΗΝΑΡΓΟΝΕΡΓΑΖΕΣΘΑΙΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥΣ
ΗΑΥΤΟΥΕΣΤΙΝΧΩΡΑΚΑΙΠΡΟΣΤΕΛΟΥΣΙΦΟΡΟΝ
ΕΙΝΑΙΑΥΤΟΙΣΤΗΝΑΡΓΟΝΟΡΙΣΑΙΔΕΤΗΝΑΡΓΟΝ
ΧΩΡΑΝΑΥΤΟΙΣΦΙΛΩΤΑΝΚΑΙΛΕΟΝΝΑΤΟΝΟΣΟΙ
ΔΕΘΡΑΙΚΩΝΕΠΕΙΣΒΕΒΗΚΑΣΙΝΤΗΣΧΩΡΑΣΤΗΣΑΡΧΑΙΑΣ
ΗΝΤΟΙΣΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΙΣΕΔΩΚΕΝΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΣΦΙΛΩΤΑΝ
ΚΑΙΛΕΟΝΝΑΤΟΝΕΠΙΣΚΕΨΑΣΘΑΙΕΙΠΡΟΤΕΡΟΝ
ΕΠΕΙΣΒΕΒΗΚΑΣΙΝΤΟΥΔΙΑΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΟΣΤΟΥΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ
ΗΥΣΤΕΡΟΝΕΠΕΙΣΒΕΒΗΚΑΣΙΝΕΙΔΕΥΣΤΕΡΟΝΕΚΧΩΡΕΙΝ
ΑΥΤΟΥΣΕΞΕΛΕΙΝΔΕΦΙΛΩΤΑΝΚΑΙΛΕΟΝΝΑΤΟΝ
ΕΚΤΗΣΑΡΓΟΥΠΛΕΘΡΑΔΙΣΧΙΛΙΑ
ΤΗΣΔΑΤΟΥΧΩΡΑΣ

ΠΡΟΣΛΑΒΕΙΝΑΠΟΤΑΥΤΗΣ
ΜΕΤΡΗΣΑΝΤΑΣΔΥΟΣΤΑΔΙΟΥΣΤΗΝΜΕΝΑΛΛΗΝ
ΝΕΜΕΣΘΑΙΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥΣΟΣΑΔΕΤΟΙΣΘΡΑΙΞΙΝ
ΠΑΡΑΤΟΥΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥΔΕΔΟΤΑΙΚΑΡΠΙΖΕΣΘΑΙΤΟΥΣΘΡΑΙΚΑΣ
ΚΑΘΑΠΕΡΚΑΙΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣΠΕΡΙΑΥΤΩΝΔΙΑΤΕΘΗΚΕΝΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥΣ
ΔΕΕΧΕΙΝΤΗΝΧΩΡΑΝΤΗΝ
ΩΣΟΙΛΟΦΟΙΕΚΑΤΕΡΩΘΕΝΕΧΟΥΣΙΝ
ΟΣΗΕΣΤΙΠΕΡΙΣΕΙΡΑΙΚΗΝΓΗΝΚΑΙ
ΔΑΙΝΗΡΟΝΝΕΜΕΣΘΑΙΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥΣΚΑΘΑΠΕΡΕΔΩΚΕΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΣ
ΤΗΝΔΕΥΛΗΝΤΗΝΕΝΔΥΣΩΡΩΙΜΗΔΕΝΑΠΩΛΕΙΝΤΕΩΣ
ΗΠΡΕΣΒΕΙΑΠΑΡΑΤΟΥΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥΕΠΑΝΕΛΘΗΙΤΑΔΕΕΛΗΕΙΝΑΙΤΩΝ
ΦΙΛΙΠΠΩΝΕΩΣΓΕΦΥΡΑΣ


Translation:

When the ambassadors returned from Persis,
those who had represented the interests of the Philippians and their land
before King Alexander, and Alexander rendered judgment concerning them:
that the Philippians are to work the argos land which belongs to them,
and that they are to pay tribute for the argos land.

And he appointed Philotas and Leonnatos to define the boundaries
of the argos land for them.

And as for the Thracians who have encroached upon the ancient land
which Philip had given to the Philippians,
Philotas and Leonnatos are to investigate
whether they encroached before Philip’s boundary decree
or after they encroached.

And if they encroached after, they are to withdraw.

And Philotas and Leonnatos are to remove
two thousand plethra from the argos land …


… of the land of Daton to add from this land,
measuring out two stades.

The rest of the land is to be held by the Philippians,
but whatever has been granted to the Thracians by Philip,
the Thracians are to harvest,
just as Alexander has ruled concerning them.


And the Philippians are to hold the land
… as the hills lie on either side …


And as much land as lies around Siraike and Dainēron,
the Philippians are to possess,
just as Philip granted.

But the timber in Dysōros is not to be sold
until the embassy returns from Alexander.

And the marshes are to belong to the Philippians
as far as the bridge.


Alexander the Great founded cities whose founding was documented. We have the cuneiform documented death of Alexander the Great by the Babylonians, so we know the day he died.

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