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Not to defend the biblical fables and accounts, but what sort of evidence do you think the alledged miracles would leave behind?

The fish and loaves would have been eaten. Lazarus is long in his grave and decomposed (even assuming we could figure out where he is buried).

The books of the Bible were all accepted as scripture from their very beginning. You have a lot of misconceptions in this question. The existence (and resurrection) of Jesus has more evidence backing it up than any other event in ancient history. A huge case can be made even by the accounts of his enemies.

I suggest "More than a Carpenter" if you are serious about this.

I can recommend AnswersinGenesis.org for this and most other questions about the Bible, and Gospel.com for pretty much everything.

Well, first: the gospels *do* appear to be written by either eye-witnesses or by authors who interviewed eye witnesses (as the author of Luke claims to have done). The fact that the book was compiled 200 years after the last author of the book died does not in any way invalidate the evidence of the eye witnesses found in the earliest books. That would be like saying that a recent book on the history of the Roman Republic is invalid simply because it was written 2,000 years after that Republic existed.

Second, addressing your primary question: a rational person would not *expect* any evidence of miraculous events outside of several corroborating eye witnesses. Why?

Well, let's pretend that yesterday I walked on water. Without photographic evidence, what other evidence of this miracle could there be?

The same is true of nearly all miracles. Supernatural events - **obviously** - do NOT leave physical evidence of their supernatural nature!

Jesus cured a leper. What evidence outside of eye witnesses could possibly exist for such an event?

Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead. What evidence outside of eye witnesses could possibly exist for such an event?

Jesus fed 5,000 with a few loaves of bread and a few fish. What evidence outside of eye witnesses could possibly exist for such an event?

If you can **imagine** any evidence for Jesus' miracles outside of several eye witness accounts, I would like to know about it!

Jim, http://www.bible-reviews.com/

do not assume to haste so rapidly

there might be evidence that we know not of, and testimonies written that have not yet been found.

personally we dont have to look anywhere near past this year to find thousands of testimonies of miracles. some small and others great.

the tibetan new testament which is claimed to be an original source document from before the destruction of libraries and the corruptors also has testimony of jesus performing miracles.

it was found in 1880's

How could you have "evidence" given that his miracles concerned biological things- people, food, wine etc

Surely a better question would be "Were Jesus miracles simply tricks" eg Lazarus pretends to die, waits in tomb and pops out on cue just as a plant in a magic act does ?

The Holy Bible Word of God is the most reliable, durable and powerful thing in all creation.

Hbr 4:12 For the word of God [is] quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and [is] a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Mat 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

Its Simply A Test Of Faith Only Someone Who Truly Loves God Would Worship Him With No Evidence

Such absence of evidence in which the whole western world has been shaped by his teachings and life - is that what you are talking about?

The absence of all the billions of people in various denominations calling themselves Christian, the absence of people who for reasons of religious freedom sought out the Americas so as to be able to start societies according to their moors and ethical concepts?

Is that what you are talking about?

The reason people in the west have the legal system they do, such as one man per one wife, etc.

There is such a thing as oral tradition. That is considered legitimate and legally binding in many cultures for historic and genealogical purposes.

As for "evidence", it all comes down to whether one has faith or not. Besides, one can still have alleged "evidence" of a lot of things, but it may still not be true.

Example? Pictures can be actual, or they can be Photoshopped. In the end you have to decide for yourself whether you believe what you see in that picture.

I would recommend not reading the bible. It's long and fictional. And you're correct, most people never did meet him, it was written about 100 years after jesus supposedly died.