Hello Rudy. You make a number of comments - I'll take then on in order presented. 1) You misunderstood Ken, and myself, with our "people won't die for what they know to be a lie" point. We're both talking about the early church, about the apostles and early founders of the church who personally knew Jesus, and who were present in Jerusalem and the region during his execution. There was no advantage to them to declare Christ's resurrection (the Bible speaks of hundreds of witnesses, not just the twelve apostles), to witness to Christianity to which the resurrection is critical, in the face of both Roman and Jewish opposition, if they knew firsthand it was false. As to Jesus's existence, Ken's already discussed multiple references from sources hostile to Christianity that a person by that name existed, created quite a stir, and was then executed. Who Jesus was, and the validity of his teachings, is a separate discussion, but to try to claim he never even existed is a false shortcut.