If you read Zealot FD, you will find that the real historical Jesus was not at all a major figure in his own time.

I think that has been the heart of the conversation in the search for "The Historical Jesus"

There is scant to no hard evidence of His life.

That in no way disproves His historical existence...plus Josephus does mention him late in the first century...meaning Paul's work and the early Jesrusalem based Christian community was definitely gaining influence and adherants

In the end though, I'm not sure it is a serious issue unless someone wants to make it one

To me as long as a person's beliefs and faith translate into a life that enriches others in some way, all is good.

It is when "people" isolate or in some way harm others because the others do not believe what "those people" believe that things go bad. Imposing what someone feels is the Will of God on others under some threat is to me is out of bounds. Judging others in The Name of God is to me the utmost in human vanity. Harming others in His name is to me the ultimate hypocracy





If writing ever becomes work I think I'm going to have to stop