I over heard a conversation the other day between two people, one of which was talking to a, professing, Christian and they were arguing about the celebration of Easter. The conversation went something like why celebrate Easter at all because they were of the opinon that Christ didn't matter anymore and that it was debatable that Christ ever was here in the first place. I know that there are plenty of people that would like to make the same argument.
The rationale of the person was that here it is 2016 and we should be past that belief that Christ came as God and affected so many people that it was a myth anyway.
The irony in that statement, at least to me, was that, yes, here we are in 2016 debating if Christ was even a factual event. Was there ever a person who did what the Bible testifies about. What I thought of is here you are doubting an individual came to have such an affect upon the world and people yet you cite one reason for not believing being the advanced year that we are in, 2016.
Time itself is defined by Christ! It is 2016 or two thousand sixteen years since Christ Birth or there about. The measurement of time as we know it today all centers around the birth of Christ. We have BC (Before Christ) and current time looking back to the Birth of Christ. It would seem that certainly there is circumstantial evidence that something radically important and eventful happened back then surrounding the life of one that we refer to as Christ.
I use the term Christ as I'm one that is not so certain and comfortable that Jesus was known by the name Jesus but rather Christ actual name was such that he was never called Jesus by his family or friends so I just refer to Him as Christ. Still though I think there is ample of circumstantial evidence to be assured that Christ was a figure that existed some two thousand years ago and was in the middle of His 32 year old earthly ministry.
