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

[Minimalist]

Ok, but that only lends credence to the possibility of the story of his birth being borrowed from mythology.  Why would Celsus even bring it up if the man called Jesus didn't exist?  His inclusion of this passage lends credence to Jesus' existence in history and subsequently his non-belief in the Christians claims.  Celsus was an opponent of Early Christianity, so to see claims such as this are not surprising.  But think about it.  If Jesus didn't exist, why attack the stories attributed to him and not just attack his actual existence, or mention him at all?

It should be doubted whether these characters were said to have been given birth by virgins. I know according to the myth Danae was no virgin when she gave birth to Perseus.

Some people don't read their mythologies well.

And by the way, evidence tells us there was no virgin birth in the original Jesus story. So doesn't matter what other myths say about how their characters were born.

Oh, bullshit.  Read the fucking thing.

"But Zeus came to her in the form of golden rain, that streamed in through the ceiling and down into her womb."

How is this so different from your xtian shit?

"His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit."



If joseph had had any balls he'd have been out gathering rocks to stone the bitch.