Did Jesus exist?

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Indeed. Several non-eye witness retellings do not add up to a credible narrative. They don't even add up to anything real, necessarily.

They are based on each other and/or share sources, and then more shit has been made up by someone or other. (John is very, very different of course. So different as to bring into question whether it's even the same person.)

Apologist arguments were worked into the text as it went, such as John and his "lance" (if I remember right) to combat the swoon hypothesis.