And your evidence for such a statement? None. You are surmising.
...it's not evidence for a historical Jesus, because it's not contemporary.

Such sources are sometimes the only way historians have of getting any sense of anything as specific as the existence of a person from that long ago. Sure, it's possible that Jesus might've shown up in documents contemporary to his time, but the fires of AD 64 (helpfully referenced by the voice of lews therin) make finding detailed info on almost anyone from that period in Palastine difficult. Your comments are an endictment of historical practice, and I'll be direct--historians know a hell of a lot more about what they're doing than you do.
No, they're not. Historical practice is well and good, but historians can and do disagree.

To be brief: Historians have decided that there is a historical Jesus. Historian's views, practices, and research projects are the measuring rod for such an assertion.
There is NOT the consensus you describe on the issue in the historical community, as TVoLT pointed out to you. Sure, contemporary evidence could have been destroyed, but what we know now is that there is no contemporary evidence... and there IS a giant similarity between the Jesus story and the previous man/god messiah myths. Given that, I think it's more likely that the Jesus story descended/evolved from those myths than that there happened to be a man, undocumented during his time (or documented, but that documentation later destroyed) who just so happened to fit huge chunks of those previous myths.

Why don't you go study up on the issues of constructing historical narratives? It's well documented. I could even get you started.

BTW: There's no Christian conspiracy going on on my part. Why don't you get all revved up about the historical King Arthur or the historical Socrates? You are the one who's looking narrow minded, ignorant, and frankly, not logical.
I never mentioned a Christian conspiracy, much less on your part.
And as far as I'm aware, there probably wasn't a historical King Arthur--and if there was, he was just a military leader, not some glorious hero--and I make that point when it's relevant (not often).

You're the one who's looking narrow-minded and ignorant because you're tossing insults left and right and being generally abusive.


I am not yet born, console me.
I fear that the human race may with tall walls wall me,
with strong drugs dope me, with wise lies lure me,
on black racks rack me, in blood-baths roll me.