12 Unbelievably Bad Marketers in Jerusalem

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1. No-one knows who wrote Luke or Acts, though they are similar in style
2. Acts is full of fiction and forgeries
3. Paul wrote over 80,000 words and never mentions Jesus' ministry, life before the trial or any historic event or location on Earth.

Paul was the first person to write about Jesus.  He created the Jesus character as a way to sell his new religion of resurrection and as a way to destroy or weaken Judaism and/or the Way cult.  The biblical Paul character is a stellar liar and con man when he wasn't outright nuts.  Paul didn't care what people said about his Jesus character as long as they said something.  Since Paul himself didn't give very many details about his Jesus character his disciples wrote the back story to show why Jesus was worthy of worship and why he could save people's souls if they believed in him.    Some of the other writers concentrated on certain aspects of the Jesus persona, such as his link to the Jews.  The writers also included some of the acts of the three main rebel leaders against the Romans as acts of the Jesus character.  So it's a mixture of politics and religion.

Another theory is that the Romans started the fairy tale as a way to weaken the Jews after the war.  That's not as far-fetched as it might seem since the Roman Emperor started a religion that made his dead boyfriend Antinous into a reborn god, complete with temples and rituals.

Did you ever consider that Paul may have been made up too?  There are several different writing styles under his banner. I'm not sure about your theory, it sounds like Joseph Atwill's and that has a lot of holes. You would think that if Jesus and his disciples were the real deal that someone would have been taking notes. What's the use of having dumb illiterate lackeys that do fuck all besides being his fall guys?

Also where does "according to the Scriptures" come from as in  ..."that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures"?  What scriptures? The Jewish Bible doesn't mention Jesus dying for our sins or his ministry or life.