If you can't prove it, how can you believe it ?
* Let me ask you some questions first:
o Do you believe that Julius Caesar and Octavius (Augustus) ever lived ?
o Do you believe that Julius and Octavius were Roman emperors ?
o Do you believe that the "Holocaust" ever happened - that Jews were systematically killed in concentration camps ?
o Do you believe that the "Nanjin Massacre" ever happened - that Japanes soldiers brutally murdered countless innocent civilians ?
* If you do, why do you believe that ?
(If you don't, you are wired seriously wrong and are probably beyond any help....)
* Well, you can also believe that Jesus did die, that Jesus was buried and that Jesus was resurrected, for the same reasons that you can believe all of the above:
There are mountains of historical evidences preserved that show that the events recorded in the Bible are true.
Particularly, the do entation for the most important event (which is the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus) is so reliable, that you can bet your life on it .
* Personally, I believe, God Himself would NEVER ask you to commit your life to Him if He did not PROVIDE and PRESERVE ironclad assurances to the fact that His Son Jesus was the Messiah.
Because He said that He is a righteous God and it would NOT be FAIR to accuse a person for not believing in Jesus if God did not PROVIDE and PRESERVE ironclad assurances.
The historical evidences are there - you just have to go out and find it. It does not take much effort nowadays with the Internet.
I did the legwork and compiled (almost) all of the evidences in these webpages....