ElysianFields
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My take is that this topic has been done numerous times at this forum already, and that those threads contain hundreds, maybe thousands of posts. So if you're interested in learning more about the topic you would do well by reading those threads first, and if you still feel like you have something new to contribute, carry on with this thread.
But more likely this thread will reach hundreds of posts again and say the same essential thing that the previous threads did.
https://talkfreethought.org/showthread.php?8491-Historical-Jesus
https://talkfreethought.org/showthread.php?12581-Did-Jesus-exist-(Poll)
https://talkfreethought.org/showthread.php?18455-Jesus-Christ-Historicity-and-Mythicism-Theories
https://talkfreethought.org/showthread.php?7745-Jesus-nailed-to-a-cross-Evidence-does-not-support-it
https://talkfreethought.org/showthread.php?7227-Virgin-birth-of-Jesus
https://talkfreethought.org/showthr...rrier’s-“On-the-Historicity-of-Jesus”-now-out
https://talkfreethought.org/showthread.php?9688-Ehrman-vs-Price-debate-on-Jesus-mythicism
https://talkfreethought.org/showthread.php?5358-Josephus-about-Jesus
^^^ that's a good start of what's been posted at this forum. I swear there were a few bigger threads but they might be in the FRDB archives. Just did a quick search on 'jesus' and 'historical jesus'.
Thanks, rousseau, for doing my homework for me, I didn't expect you to do that and am grateful. In retrospect, I should have availed myself of the search functionality before posting like a newbie. I appreciate you responding so gently, and I'll dig into those threads.