Reason Jesus must have been a real person

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Saying "Jesus is real" would be as meaningless as saying "Harry Potter is real", if it turned out the stories were inspired by some little kid called Harry Potter. Any grain of truth is so slight, so buried in myth and obvious fiction, that it's next to worthless.

The very best anyone could ever hope, in my opinion, is to pin down his place of birth, a couple of things he did, and his crucifixion. Personally I think even that is pushing the boat out way too far to expect any kind of accuracy regarding a single historical figure, and not some amalgamation of real and imaginary characters.