You may as well try to claim King Arthur never existed, I'm sure he did even if got mixed up in folklore over hundreds of years. Jesus didn't have enough time to build up a folklore though the gospels and the letters of Saint Paul were comparatively hot of the press. A couple of decades of oral transmission keeping Gods intact, right there for you to read. It's a like you're sitting at the feast table of God and you're not eating.
Come all ye faithful joyful and triumphant.
