Why do atheists even bother about debating Jesus?

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Christianity developed from Judaism so it's likely that the early Christians got their idea straight from the "Gabriel's Revelation" tablet. The concept of resurrection in three days, however, probably came from the time before the Hebrews developed their monotheistic religion and it was absorbed into Judaism.

PPS: Has anyone found any more links to interesting information?

Jews never traditionally believed in gods in human form only human prophets. Pagans did believe in gods in human form so what seems likely is a fussion of Judiasm and classical paganism. Also themes such as a saviour child being born of a virgin goddess is a classical pagan theme, this goes back millenia before Christ.



The actual Jewish prohecy of the Messiah in it's original Aramaic just says that the Messiah would be born of a young woman not a virgin. This was a good religion for the pagan world to convert to as it had all the imagery and themes they were already used to. I'm sure Jesus was historical but there was a mixture of influences at work in the final dform the religion would take.