The Historical Jesus

[Sheldon]

So; I'm curious about where you guys stand on the reality of Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection.

There is some very scant evidence that someone we now call Jesus was executed for political crimes by the Roman authorities around 2k years ago, it's hard to be sure either way. Though we can be sure the name was quite common, and the method of execution was also quite common for political crimes under the Roman authorities. I don't believe anyone has ever come back from the dead, that is after all brain function has ceased, why on earth would I?

Do you believe that Jesus was a real person? Or do you believe that he was just made up by the disciples? 

That's a false dichotomy fallacy, he could have been real, and the anonymous hearsay of the gospel myths could still be largely made up, either way I need a higher standard for credulity than anonymous hearsay from archaic myths. 

How much of the story do you think is true?

I don't believe any deity or deities exist, or that they are possible, or that anything supernatural is possible, until someone can demonstrate sufficient objective evidence they are. Why would I lend any credence to the anonymous hearsay of the gospel myths, it's the largest of claims, and the weakest of evidence, unsubstantiated hearsay, the earliest of which was written decades after the events they purport to describe, and from an epoch of extreme ignorance and superstition.

The question shouldn't be how much I believe, it should be why should I believe any of it, or anything that cannot be objectively verified.