“He was born in an obscure village the child of a poor
peasant. He grew up in another village
where he worked in a carpenter shop until he was 30. Then for three years he was an itinerant preacher. He never wrote a book, he never held an
office, he never had a family or owned a home. He never led an army or traveled
200 miles from where he was born. He did none of the things that usually accomplish
greatness. He had no credentials but himself and was 33 when the tide of public opinion turned
against him. His friends ran away, one
even denied him and he was turned over to his enemies and went through the
mockery of a trial. He was nailed to a cross between two thieves and while he
was dying, his executioners gambled for his garments, the only property he had
on earth. When he was dead, he was laid
in a borrowed grave through the pity of a friend . Twenty centuries have come and gone, and
today he is the central figure of the human race. All the armies that ever marched, all the
navies that ever sailed, all the parliaments
that ever sat, all the kings that ever reigned put together have not effected humanity on this earth as
much as that one solitary life.”
--Frank Turek during
a debate with atheist author Christopher Hitchens
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