will the real Jesus please stand up can you tell me the Jesus of History or teh Christ of faith aren't both the same? which one you prefer will the...

I think there
are basically 3 ways to look at this.

First there are those who believe in
Jesus as part of their faith and the religious canon. The historical evidence or details of his
life as a historical figure do not come into play in this area. They believe. That is what faith
is about.

The second are those whose only interest is in the historical
record. Can they prove Jesus existed? Can they prove any of the Bible stories are true? This is
quite and undertaking considering that even in modern technological society many people live and
die without leaving any record of their existence, how likely is it that we will find evidence
of this one man living in ancient times?

The third (which is where I fall,
by the way) is those of us who believe in Jesus Christ as the messiah and follow his teachings
and those of the Bible, but also think the historical record is important. It will not change my
belief, but the studies into the historical truth of the Bible are fascinating. Why
wouldn't...