An Important Recap on Modern Scholarship

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Still waiting on the records of his trial and execution, btw. Because that account in the bible is a load of bunk. That isn't the Pontius Pilot I know, and it's pretty clear he gospel authors had never known him or talked with anyone who had dealings with him.

You'll be waiting a long time. Contrary to what some people claim, the Romans most certainly did not keep immaculate records (that survive to this day!) on every person that they executed. I think the fact that Jesus has no primary sources is a weak argument for his non-existence made by people with little historical knowledge. Tons of super important historical figures don't have primary sources, including Aristotle and even Ghenghis Khan who conquered most of the known world. The ancient world is not a very thoroughly documented place and the claim that there should be better records on something as specific as a specific person's trail and execution is absurd.

None of that means that Jesus existed or didn't exist. Personally I find it to be a fairly irrelevant question, if there is a historical basis for Jesus it's so heavily fictionalized that it might as well be made up entirely. Not really as relevant a question as you'd think.