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

[Redbeard The Pink]

You demonstrate my point. What you are doing is relying on ad hoc rather than on more parsimonious interpretations. Nevermind the fact that you 're also relying on strawman as well. When did I ever appeal to authority?

If you think "brother of the Lord" or "in the flesh" or "descendant of David" or "born of a woman" and so on do not indicate earthly life, that's fine. But you'll need to demonstrate that this is what Paul really meant by looking to the other stuff he may have said that elaborates on those meanings. Otherwise, all this is telling me is that such mythicist interpretations are not falsifiable.

Ah yes, thank you for reminding me. That was the other thing.

The word "born" there is likely a poor translation. The word used isn't the one usually used when they were talking about childbirth; the word there is more accurately translated as "made." "Made of the sperm of David" and "Made from a woman" are more accurate translations, again lending credence to the idea that this messiah was constructed in the heavenly realms rather than having been born on Earth. Later church scholars, working from the presupposition of a human Jesus, might have translated that as "born" rather than "made" because it made more sense for the story they knew and were trying to promote.