Fellow atheists or non christians, do think there be at least some historical truth in the bible?

If you look at history, there is always someone in some myths - once it is a magic healer, once Jesus, once a fairy All have one thing in common - no contemporary accounts of those subjects, no proofs, not a word written by them or about them from time they actually lived Now, if you consider ancient Egypt, Pharaohs - they are historically older then this Jesus and there are tons of proofs they existed. Why not ONE verifiable proof about such a famous person as Jesus?..why? There were plenty of literate people at that time So no - Jesus is based on older myths from other religions.

There's no reliable evidence that Jesus even existed. The story of Jesus is just a myth cobbled together out of prophesy and stories from the Old Testament and previous gods and myths -- created in the 40's and 50's by Paul of Tarsus (who exhibited evidence of epilepsy and had delusions of Christ talking to him), the other apostles, the unknown authors of the gospels in the 70's or later, and many other people. The reliable evidence for this is overwhelming.

Paul and the other epistle writers don't know any biographical details of Jesus' life, or even the time of his earthly existence. They don't refer to Bethlehem, Nazareth, Galilee, Calvary or Golgotha — or any pilgrimages to what should have been holy sites of Jesus' life. They also don't mention any miracles that Jesus was supposed to have worked, his virgin birth, his trial, the empty tomb, his moral teachings, his disciples, or even when he existed.

To them Jesus was largely a sky-god, who existed in the spiritual past. If Jesus had actually existed, Paul would have written about his life, disciples, and teachings. Paul did not write about any of this.

If Jesus had actually existed, the gospels would have been written in first person format. Instead, they were written in third person fiction format like a Harry Potter story, with Matthew and Luke extensively plagiarizing from Mark. If Jesus had actually existed, at least one of the approximately 30 local historians of the first century would have written about him.

No historian of the first century wrote about him or his disciples. Therefore Jesus didn't exist. For much more evidence, see the links.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.