You are trying to state that Jesus was buried based off of historical texts of which you include work done in the bible. The problem is that the bible is a book largely of myth and ledgend
That is an
assumption, DragonOfHeaven, because you are not using actual historical evidence to determine whether the Bible contains myth or not.
The New testament was only written in
one language, Greek; it was then
translated into many different languages so people of different ethnicities could read it.
But again, why are you assuming that "some parts" of the Bible are fiction? What is your criteria for determining fiction from nonfiction, without using historical evidence?
Okay, but that book was
intended to be a work of fiction. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John were intended to be historical records, and the early Christians treated them as such.
What parts are you referring to?
Not in this case, because the question is not "Is the New Testament inspired by God?" but, "Is the New Testament generally reliable
historically?" We are only treating the New Testament as historical documents, which would have a much lower standard.
I appreciate the thought you put into this theory. But what reason would the Roman soldiers have for taking the body of Jesus out? What motivation would they have? The soldiers were on duty and could be risking their lives for doing that, so they must have had a pretty good reason for it. If they did it to make people believe that Jesus rose from the dead, they defeated the whole purpose by telling everyone later that "The disciples stole the body while we were asleep" (Matthew 28:13).
Also, how would your theory explain the
appearances of Jesus to His followers later? It only explains the empty tomb.
I think this is kind of silly. Jesus was God, but He also became an ordinary man, doing ordinary things. Carpentry work could hardly be considered the "work of God." Of course, if Jesus
wanted to preserve His carpentry work for some reason, He could have.
In addition, how do you know that Jesus' work is no longer around?
First of all, what does this have to do with whether or not Christianity is true? This is a separate issue altogether.
Anyhow, I don't claim that Christmas is "Christian." It probably started out as a pagan holiday, but Christians changed it around and celebrated it for a different reason. So today it is not celebrated as a pagan holiday, but as the birthday of Jesus.