Shit. What The Hell. Jesus Never Existed

[Jenny A]

I have never claimed that a Jesus did not exist nor that this person wasn't the basis for the later myth. What I have stated is the this person's actual existence is irrelevant and understanding that the figure as portrayed in the Bible most assuredly did not exist and is mythological.

This is pretty much where I am.  There was no man walking on water and raising the dead named Jesus.  But there probably was a man behind the myth.  The problem is the myth is so much larger than the man that the man's actual doings are essentially irrelevant to Christianity.  What is most relevant to the development of Christianity is what Paul said about Jesus, and what Paul said was primarily doctrinal, not facts about Jesus.