I don't know whether you are aware, but this is not just a joke. The argument from embarrassment or what it is called is a real argument defenders of the historical Jesus employ. Carrier addresses it in some detail in "Not the impossible faith"
(April 28, 2015 at 6:28 pm)Stimbo Wrote:
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition