Religion
In reply to the discussion: Was Jesus even born? [View all]edhopper
(33,646 posts)the Jesus of the Bible, whose story I agree was aligned with older concepts and also as religious and political propaganda. And the possible real person that the stories are based on. The Gospels were written not too long after the person named Yeshua purportedly was crucified. So i don't see why they would not refer to a real man. He was a very minor figure at the time, with no real political standing, so there being no contemporaneous writing is not peculiar.
I guess i put myself in the plausible and more probable than not probable category.
I haven't read enough of the academic arguments for and against to have more than idle speculation.
BTW and interesting parallel would be the "Saint" Juan Diego, who though canonized, may not have existed.