Intelligent Atheists: Who/What Was Jesus?

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The character as written did not exist. I think that Jesus is most likely primarily a fictional construct, but the authors may have attempted to incorporate some details from an actual historical figure to lend an air of believability. Since there's no good evidence that any of the sources are primary, the authors wouldn't even have known if any historical information they intended to include about a particular person was actually accurate, nor whether they were really referencing just one person and not a corrupted amalgamation of several people.

There is also the possibility that the four gospels were not meant to be taken literally, and were actually stories. I'm undecided on this as of yet.