Where did the Jesus myth come from?

[FallentoReason]

Seriously? And yet you've come to conclusions regarding the historicity of the Gospels, Christ, and other things? How about Craig Blomberg or Paul Barnett?

I'm asking so that I can get a firmer handle on the merits of your case.

What have you READ that has given rise to your rejection of the Bible's general historical reliability and authenticity?

Curious...

Ok.. let me give you some historical perspective on why a physical Jesus is highly unlikely:

Josephus is the only historian that mentions Jesus just after he lived, making him the prime candidate for some evidence. Now, if Jesus was real and Josephus did write those two passages in his works, why did the early church Fathers never quote it? In fact, the floodgates of mass quoting opened up 300 years later after the time of Eusebus, a Christian historian living in the 4th century A.D.

Just a simple observation... Son of God. An observant Jew confesses his divinity. 300 year gap where early Christians 'ignore' it. Christian historian lives. What do you know, Josephus the historian from the very beginning acknowledged Jesus was a person. OR.... was it forged in the 4th century A.D?

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I see all of this as a game of probability. What is the probability that what I have outlined is true i.e. that Josephus genuinely wrote about Jesus? Well, considering all the odd events like a 300 year gap, I'd say pretty unlikely. So the game is about increasing the probabilities as high as you can, and the only way to do that is by erasing a historical Jesus from our minds. Given the circumstances, what's the probability that Eusebus edited Josephus' work 300 years later? Very very high.