How to debunk the resurrection?...

[Anomalocaris]

Jesus was not real, so he could not have been resurrected. End of story.

Eh?? Don't a lot of people accept that he was a real human being, who did live?? If not, I would really like to read some evidence that he never was alive in the first place-and I'm being completely serious.

Proving existence or otherwise of a certain person of no significance during his life time, but recorded only long after his death by persons best described as fanatical groupies a couple of steps removed, is tough. But the outcome is also totally immaterial. Jesus either existed, but is not god, or he did not exist, and is not god. His existence played no role in his not being god. So there is no strong need to squander the effort to find out on the part of atheists.

However, for the edification of social scientists, i think it would be better if he existed and evidence of his existence comes to light. If he existed, it would be potentially be easier to gather the evidence needed to really flesh out the train of contingencies that took name of the dead and disgraced preacher jesus to the core of the mass hysteria around "Christ", thus offer social and behavior researchers easier insight into origin and speciation of religion. If he didn't exist at all, then this part of evidentiary fabric will not exist and social science could potentially have a harder time gaining those insights.