Historian explains why Jesus ''mythers'' aren't taken seriously by most Historians

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There is only one reason anyone gives a fuck about the historicity of jeebus. So they can drag the myths into the story. If not for the religion, nobody would have a single fuck to give about whether a specific rogue Jewish Rabbi actually existed.

There's one thing that makes the story remotely interesting. When they finally penned that tall tale, Jesus came fully equipped with most myths of the mediterranean region. An all inclusive package, so to speak. I'm going back to my first post in this thread: The major questions to ask is the why when it comes to the gospels. What was the agenda?

The Roman empire wasn't as illiterate as the christian Middle Ages, but books - or rather scrolls - were still rather expensive. So it's not as every wayward peasant could sit down to write at his leisure.