"The Story of Jesus"
There are as many as 13 stories very similar to the jesus story as far back as 8,000 B.C. Yeap that is correct 8,000 years before Jesus. That is a long time ago. So just to make clear and so that I'm confident you understand, as far back as Eight Thousand Years ago there have been stories told of a "God" that was born of a virgin on our planet earth and that traveled the lands to save humanity, all traveled for one year then they died or they were killed and rose again three days later to go back into the heavens.
Think about this, this story of Jesus has been told 13 times as far back as 8,000 years ago.
Often I will hear "the bible has survived for so long that it must be an act of "God"". All I can say to statements like that is if you are going to use that way of thinking and believing as evidence that "God" is real, then you really do need "God"
If you have ever thought to yourself, "Is Jesus a Real Story?" Take a look at the link below. I think you might find it interesting that not only is it not real but that the story of Jesus has been told over and over again about 16 times to be exact. Remember these are stories told before the Jesus story was told. Which means in the BC times.
The only argument that the Christian Purist present when given these facts are "The devil must have plented the stories before Jesus was born to test your faith"
THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE!
http://media.isnet.org/off/XXtian/critic/16/16.html