A mythical figure is what created his mythology and what was being emulated.
There is more historic evidence concerning the life of Jesus than there is Julius Caesar. Christ was not a myth. At least you had better hope not. The world powers are gearing up for a nuke party. We are going to destroy all life on earth if Christ doesn't return to stop us.
There is
no contemporary evidence for Jesus’ existence or the Bible’s account of his life; no artefacts, dwellings, works of carpentry, self-written manuscripts, court records, eyewitness testimony, official diaries, birth records, reflections on his significance or written disputes about his teachings. Nothing survives from the time in which he is said to have lived.
All historical references to Jesus derive from
hearsay accounts written decades or centuries after his supposed death. These historical references generally refer to early Christians rather than a historical Jesus and, in some cases, directly
contradict the Gospels or were deliberately
manufactured.
The Gospels themselves
contradict one-another on many key events and were constructed by
unknown authors up to a
century after the events they describe are said to have occurred. They are not
eyewitness accounts. The New Testament, as a whole, contains many
internal inconsistencies as a result of its
piecemeal construction and is
factually incorrect on several
historical claims, such as the early existence of Nazareth, the reign of Herod and the Roman census. Like the Old Testament, it too has had entire books and sections
redacted.
The Biblical account of Jesus has striking similarities with other
mythologies and textsand many of his supposed teachings existed
prior to his time. It is likely the character was either partly or entirely
invented by competing first century messianic cults from an amalgamation of Greco-Roman, Egyptian and Judeo-Apocalyptic myths and prophecies.
Even if Jesus’ existence could be established, this would in no way validate Christian theology or any element of the story portrayed in the Bible, such as the performance of miracles or the resurrection. Simply because it is conceivable a heretical Jewish preacher named
Yeshua lived circa 30 AD, had followers and was executed, does not imply the son of a god walked the Earth at that time.
