History isn't impervious to investigation, there are opportunities to verify it that are worth considering if anyone is intellectually curious about such things:
* Biblical accounts are largely corroborated by archaeology.
* The bible isn't 2000 years old - early copies have been discovered that date from the 2nd century. So there's only an initial 200 year gap to consider: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_Testament_papyri
* Thousands of copies of the books that make up the bible have been found, and they generally only vary in insignificant ways - it's not like the legend grew and changed as it was copied over the centuries.
* Non-biblical atheist ancient writings corroborate many of the claims surrounding jesus' life.
* Even atheist historians generally concede what is known as the 'minimal facts' surrounding christianity's founding, and if you're curious, these facts make you at least consider your philosophy more seriously: http://pleaseconvinceme.com/2013/the-minimal-facts-of-the-re...
Not all christian's hold blind faith - many of us are hard-nosed skeptics who examined the facts and still believe in it. I mean we're normal people right, we don't want to waste our lives believing a lie! So we really probe what we believe.
* Biblical accounts are largely corroborated by archaeology. * The bible isn't 2000 years old - early copies have been discovered that date from the 2nd century. So there's only an initial 200 year gap to consider: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_Testament_papyri * Thousands of copies of the books that make up the bible have been found, and they generally only vary in insignificant ways - it's not like the legend grew and changed as it was copied over the centuries. * Non-biblical atheist ancient writings corroborate many of the claims surrounding jesus' life. * Even atheist historians generally concede what is known as the 'minimal facts' surrounding christianity's founding, and if you're curious, these facts make you at least consider your philosophy more seriously: http://pleaseconvinceme.com/2013/the-minimal-facts-of-the-re...
Not all christian's hold blind faith - many of us are hard-nosed skeptics who examined the facts and still believe in it. I mean we're normal people right, we don't want to waste our lives believing a lie! So we really probe what we believe.