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

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Mainstream historians who have studied that time period and region overwhelming think Jesus existed, regardless of their religious association.

Bold by me. Think being the operative word. Nobody can prove a positive or a negative. I also think, there has been a person or persons being at the source of the legend. Something probably happened that inspired the legend. But what it was is anyone's guess, since Judea was swarming with prophets and self proclaimed Messiahs at the time in question. Ultimately it doesn't matter. What matter are the decades between the supposed happenings and the putting it into writing. Campfire tales growing bolder and bolder with everyone telling them until someone finally decided them to be story material.