"Josephus, the renowned Jewish historian, was a native of Judea. He was born in 37 A. D., and was a contemporary of the Apostles. He was, for a time, Governor of Galilee, the province in which Christ lived and taught. He traversed every part of this province and visited the places where but a generation before Christ had performed his prodigies. He resided in Cana, the very city in which Christ is said to have wrought his first miracle. He mentions every noted personage of Palestine and describes every important event which occurred there during the first seventy years of the Christian era. But Christ was of too little consequence and his deeds too trivial to merit a line from this historian's pen." (Remsberg, Ibid.)

From Diognetus, not to busy myself about trifling things, and not to give credit to what was said by miracle-workers and jugglers about incantations and the driving away of daemons and such things

So, I wonder, did someone in 525 believe in the story of Jesus, if he didn't exist?

How does the whole world agree that it is 2009 AD?

The Gregorian calendar, and the year numbering system associated with it, is the calendar system with the most widespread usage in the world today. For decades, it has been the unofficial global standard, recognized by international institutions such as the United Nations and the Universal Postal Union. It is also a basis of scholarly dating, though some people adopt the Common Era labels, retaining the same numeric values but using the label "CE" (Common Era) instead of "AD", and "BCE" (Before the Common Era) instead of "BC".

I see much more evidence towards the fact the Jesus did exist, as the bible said he did, than evidence proving he didn't exist.

The whole BC/AD system is just a convenient convention

Originally posted by open_eyeballs
reply to post by Udontknowme

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So, I wonder, did someone in 525 believe in the story of Jesus, if he didn't exist?

There were millions of people who never even heard the words Jesus Christ. All through Asia, to Africa, to the Americas

How does the whole world agree that it is 2009 AD?

It is called the most powerful man on earth at the time made the AD/ BC version of measuring and identifying time the commonly accepted form.

The most powerful man being head of the most powerul religion the world has ever scene was the Pope, by far.

Israelites enter Canaan (1000 BC) = 4,600 people.
The destruction of Jerusalem by Babylon (586 BC) = 32,380 people
Time of Jesus (30 AD) = 590,681 people.
Year 2005 = 6.5 billion (the correct current world population).

You say there 'were' millions, I dont know if you are refering to newer times or to the time in question