rummy, you are arguing your idea from an Antioch point of view but from an atheistic approach. That is, because history doesn't record the miracles, therefore the miracles didn't happen. Fair enough, but to quote your words, isn't that a bit strong? I think there are a great many things in history that were never recorded but in hindsight we might be able to speculate, even academically that they could have an excellent chance of happening. For you, speculation is not even a possibility which makes me wonder what kind of history you believe. In studying history sometimes all you have is a pot, maybe a sign or symbol. That's it. How you shape history from that comes from the surrounding happenstances of the time. You CANNOT ignore these happenstances or take them with a grain of salt, if you do you could miss out on something very important. Tacitus writting about Christus is quite extraordinary. Why did he write about him at all? He was a pagan and not a fan of Christianity. The fact we have his account on Jesus speaks volumes there. You speak of bias yet you throw this piece of history away for the sole reason that it's too late. Sorry, but that's not what historians do. That is what someone with an agenda does, someone with a message.
Also, you seem to be arguing from the divine side that it never existed. That's not the discussion here. I never brought up the divinity of Jesus. The only places you have eyewitness accounts come from the Bible and even that needs to questioned under the title of authorship and form criticism. The fact remains that enough evidence exists that Jesus *did* exist. The evidence of his divinity is a concept of *FAITH*. You either believe the apostles or you don't. We...get...it. You don't believe the apostles. But be careful that conviction doesn't spill over into claiming false idea of *history*. The study of the history of Jesus and the faith of the divinity of Christ fall under two very separate fields of study called: history and theology. Interestingly enough, most theologians use history in their academic works and historians are not afraid to study theology to help in their academic works of history. THAT'S what it means to be unbiased.