Quote Originally Posted by geoff View Post
2. there are similarities of the stories, EXCEPT for the part of Jesus being real and eye witnesses to His life and miracles.
Tell me about the specific texts within which eyewitnesses on Jesus Christ wrote about him in his own lifetime. The main one touted by Christians that I am aware of is Josephus, and that has been debated by modern scholars as the original text has not survived and the existing text may have been altered by a translator. Also, the Testimonium Flavium was not written during the Earthly lifetime of Jesus, and is not an eyewitness account.

All of the other Roman accounts such as Pliny, etc are about the Early Christians and not so much about the man Christ himself, as these accounts were written after Christ's death (and "resurrection" if that's what you believe). I am unaware of any first-person eyewitness account of Jesus Christ from a Roman source.