What makes Jesus so special?

So I was reading a book by one of my favorite pastors and speakers, Mark Driscoll, and he said something I've heard before but remains really interesting and significant. He said that one of the biggest differences between Jesus Christ and all of the other major religious leaders and icons is that Jesus is the only one to ever claim divinity.

Now, there's a lot of details and deeper discussion just on that subject, but assuming that Jesus is the son of G-d, and assuming that he knew that, this is a pretty big deal. Buddha, Confucious, Krishna, Muhammed, etc never claimed divinity.

Now, I highly value art and imagination and creativity and opinion, but I also value facts and science. In this world, currently, there are thousands upon thousands of supposed "facts" spreading like the plague by people who have not done any research, and have no credibility.

This is especially true in religion. This is especially true regarding Jesus. These days, I can imagine that as a high school student, you are beginning to question things like authority, choice, politics, science, and religion, among many other things.

But be encouraged by the fact that Jesus Christ was and is the most powerful person in the history of existence, because even today, he sparks passionate lives into motion. Be encouraged that while other religions may have opinions of Jesus as a great leader, prophet, and/or teacher, but not G-d, that he was all of those things, and he is the only one to not only claim to be G-d, but he backed it up better than anybody ever has.

The simple facts support Jesus Christ as a real person, and the historical facts support that he did raise from the dead. I wouldn't lie to you guys, but these are not opinions, and unless someone discovers some piece of miraculous evidence to prove otherwise, Jesus Christ just so happens to actually be the ONLY way to a perfect life, in a perfect world.