Christians - What would you do if it were discovered Jesus never existed?

[Redbeard The Pink]

Suggesting that there have been various errors, both deliberate and otherwise, in the copying and translating of texts thousands of years old into various different languages is not an ad hoc argument. Suggesting that there is evidence that religious people can and do twist/fabricate the facts to support their story is also not an ad hoc argument. Suggesting that a religion started one way and developed into something else before splitting into literally thousands of squabbling factions is also not an ad hoc argument. Where is the ad hoc in what I'm saying?

It sure as hell is ad hoc especially without evidence to back your assertions. And please don't derail to other more general points. Let's stick to what the authentic Pauline Epistles say about Jesus first. Provide evidence that the words I provided are meant to be understood in the fashion you argue for, and not literally.

Those translations are literal. I'm not claiming those passages are metaphorical, I'm claiming they're about a story with different details than the Euhemerized version with all the vaguely historical places and people in it. At no point did I claim Paul was not speaking literally, only that he is understood and translated incorrectly and also probably redacted (intentionally and/or otherwise) to support the Jesus of Nazareth story.