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Originally Posted by troutman
The other problem that comes to my mind is the Jesus mythology is not very original. It seems to borrow heavily from other belief systems from that time and place. [on reflection, that may not say much really about a historical Jesus - he could have lived, and the mythology was laid on top later.
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To me that is the most likely explanation. It is not at all remarkable to have a political and spiritual figure at any time in history, and even less so 2000 years ago. There's lots of those.
I think his story just grew with each re-telling, so to speak.