[SIZE=9pt]There isn't a shred of evidence that it has ever been edited, but the Dead Sea Scrolls in fact prove that it's been preserved. It is the preserved Word of God. Also, here are some historical writings regarding Christ and it doesn't include the writings of Josephus, the apocryphal writings, the Gnostics, the Church writings or the eyewitness writings of Christ, so you are completely wrong. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Early Secular Writings Regarding Christ[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]THALLUS[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt]: (52 A.D.)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]One of the first secular writers that mentioned Christ. Thallus wrote a history of the Eastern Mediterranean world from the Trojan War to his own time. Unfortunately, his writings are only found as citations by others. Julius Africanus, a Christian who wrote about AD 221 mentioned Thallus’ account of an eclipse of the sun (Luke 23:44-45).“On the whole world there pressed a most fearful darkness; and the rocks were rent by an earthquake, and many places in Judea and other districts were thrown down. This darkness Thallus, in the third book of his History, calls, as appears to me without reason, an eclipse of the sun.”[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]Julius Africanus, Chronography, 18:1.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]PHLEGON:[/SIZE][SIZE=9pt] (1st Century)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]A secular historian wrote a history named, “Chronicles.” This original work has been lost, Julius Africanus preserved a small fragment in his writings. Phlegon mentions the eclipse (Matthew 27:45) during the crucifixion of Jesus.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=9pt]“During the time of Tiberius Caesar an eclipse of the sun occurred during the full moon.”Africanus, Chronography, 18:1[/SIZE]