I really don't have a horse in this race.
It doesn't matter to me if the Biblical 'Yeshua' character is based on a historical person or persons or not. His historical existence does not provide a shred of evidence that he performed miracles of was a god-man.
It doesn't matter to me if the Biblical 'Yeshua' character is based on a historical person or persons or not. His historical existence does not provide a shred of evidence that he performed miracles of was a god-man.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.