To answer the title of this thread, my question is, why should it matter if Jesus existed or not? How does that make virgin birth or claims of zombie gods real?
We can prove that George Washington existed but no sane person goes around claiming he could fart a Lamborghini out of his ass.
We go to the movies and see Superman fly around New York City, but humans don't fly like that just because New York is a real city.
It takes TWO sets of DNA to manifest into a baby and human flesh does not survive rigor mortis.
It is highly unlikely the Jesus Character existed, even just as a mere mortal. The realty is that the founders of the new religion were simply inspired by prior myths and motifs. There was a man or group of people who started Christianity otherwise it would not exist. But magic will never be real.
We can prove that George Washington existed but no sane person goes around claiming he could fart a Lamborghini out of his ass.
We go to the movies and see Superman fly around New York City, but humans don't fly like that just because New York is a real city.
It takes TWO sets of DNA to manifest into a baby and human flesh does not survive rigor mortis.
It is highly unlikely the Jesus Character existed, even just as a mere mortal. The realty is that the founders of the new religion were simply inspired by prior myths and motifs. There was a man or group of people who started Christianity otherwise it would not exist. But magic will never be real.