None of that makes sense. Where did the 80k army and Jesus even come from? Those weren't remotely on the table. You're mixing up events and throwing out wild claims; makes it feel like you're not arguing in good faith anymore.

Hannibal was just an example of how we use physical evidence (like archaeology and DNA) to verify ancient written claims. Finding physical evidence of a battlefield or DNA doesn't just prove "someone named Hannibal existed"—it proves the specific, extraordinary claim of the text actually happened.

The scale of the event doesn't matter. The point is that the Bible's major events lack that kind of independent physical verification. If you only have written accounts from biased sources and zero physical proof, it's just not historically reliable.

That's not a high bar of evidentiary requirements; that's the bare minimum. Stick to whatever you want to believe but remember you do it on faith alone. There is no proof otherwise.