1) If Jesus of Nazareth had been invented, he would probably never have been called Jesus of Nazareth. The Messiah was supposed to be from Bethlehem. Luke tried to write a retcon, to show that he was actually born in Bethlehem do to a very convenient counting of people, but that never happened.
2) If Jesus of Nazareth had been invented, the accounts of his life probably wouldn't differ as much as they do. Invented stories tend to have their details straightened out earlier than those messy, contradictory eyewitness accounts.
3) "There's a lack of Jesus evidence so if you believe he really existed, there is a fair chance you're believing in a lie. Sceptics don't like to take that risk."
This is kinda wrong. For a simple executed Jew from 2000 years ago, there is an overwhelming amount of evidence. Relatively speaking. Those times really aren't that well documented, especially backwater areas like Judea, especially non-important people like a carpenter with somewhat radical ideas.
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Agnes Varda's Le Bonheur + thoughts on women in Akhmatova and Mizuguchi: The Centrifugue
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