Reason Jesus must have been a real person

[Pat Mustard]

There have been several theories proposed that Jesus was not a real person. For example, he is a divine being that lived his life in the space between heaven and earth.  I think Richard Carrier proposed this.

So one question I have, is if Jesus was completely made up, why is his name "Jesus"?
I would think based on prophecy, a 'fake' Jesus would have been named Immanuel.  Not Jesus.
If you are going to make it up, you would make it up so that minor discrepancies such as this would be avoided.

Don't you think, then, that the gospels were at least based on a real person?

You do realise that it's not "Jesus" in the bible but Yeshua, a name as common amongst jews back then as Joshua is amongst christians today. Name has no say on whether the bible stories are fictional or mythical.