Is Jesus a Myth?

I haven’t heard this until recently, but there is a presence on the internet that is trying to say that Jesus doesn’t even exist. Instead of debating the ideas, they chose to question history. This shouldn’t surprise us as we have seen many try to tear down statues, rename places, and insert ideas that are foreign to good order to erase history. There actually are many ways that we can defend Jesus' existence, but what I believe is the greatest argument for Jesus is not one I have heard scholars use. I think the greatest defense of Jesus existence is the calendar. You might think that is a crazy approach, but do you really believe that when they first started keeping calendars that they started at 3000 and started counting down? That would be ridiculous. Every calendar counts from year one and then climbs to a higher number each year. That means that where the years stop counting down and begin counting up again, there had to be an even so big and life changing that everything changed for that moment. So I ask you... what event took place in the vicinity of this calendar change. There were kings at that time, but nothing monumental enough to change a calendar. If there was an event other than Jesus that caused the calendars to be renumbered, history hasn’t kept track of it. If we were to look at history from that era, we would find at least three well known historians that were not Christian or had leanings in that direction, that speak of a man named Jesus and some of what He did. We have archeological information that supports a man named Jesus teaching during that time. We have the Scriptures themselves that testify about Jesus. Archeological finds continue to support the truthfulness of the Bible. I’m not aware of any findings that discredit what was written. The Gospels, four books that tell of the life and ministry of Jesus, were written at a time that many of the witnesses to Christ and what He did were still alive. More than that, it was proclaimed in Jerusalem and the very areas that would be able to refute it, if it were false. The Apostles, those that were with Jesus, were willing to die for what Jesus taught. Who would willingly die for a lie? I think there is more proof for the existence of Jesus than for King Herod, at yet no one questions his existence. Proving that Jesus did everything recorded might be harder, but that He exists... easy. Father, forgive those that would attempt to erase You and Your Son from history. Equip us to boldly proclaim the truth. Amen