This is why the jews are banning TikTok.
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I can't because it's lost. You'd have to trust the historians as you do in many other accounts. There's not a single source saying Christ's existence was a tall tale. I'd go with common sense on that.
It's not that great of a steel man as you think. If I'm as bad faith as you and view everything through an extremely skeptical lens, I'd say Christianity could have been started by a rouge group of pharisees who spread the rumors about Christ and His teachings. There's even motivation for that. Have you red 1984? Remember when it was revealed to Winston that the whole liberation movement and its leader was a psy op made up by the party? The Wizard of Oz is another good analogy.
The best argument is a transcendental logical argument and I served it to you. If you are skeptical about Christ's historicity and you apply the same standard, you have no reason to believe most of what you assume to know about ancient and medieval history because much of it was not written at the time of the events by people who witnessed them - rather it was a retelling of events based on testimony or sources that were eventually lost (what most likely happened win Tacitus' case).
Ok I grant you Henry VIII and anyone who has written about events he directly witnessed (although even that's not a 100% assurance because a) their account of the events could be wrong or b) they could be lying).
Because that's not how it happened. As already mentioned, there were people who were alive to remember. There were testimonies. People have been hearing His name all around the civilized world in the years after His resurrection. There were Churches established in major cities founded by the apostles in that period.
It's all been said and argued already. Both positions are presented here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacitus_on_Jesus