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I'm not sure what you're trying to say.. that Jesus is comparable to the Loch Ness monster (an urban legend)? No serious historian (secular or otherwise) doubts the historicity of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. His divinity is obviously a matter of faith, but Jesus was certainly a real human being that was born and eventually was crucified around 30 AD.

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Yes he is. There is no proof that the Jesus existed.

We have more effidence on thousand real existing people. Less fames perhaps but propper people.

There is no reason to assume Jesus was not real. This issue was closed by historians over a hundred years ago and never has there been thrown any new light that puts it into doubt. It’s only fringe people with specific agendas, who always seem to lack the skills and knowledge to work with the sources, who claim otherwise.

For a good overview of why historians know Jesus existed you should read John P. Meier - A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus, Volume I: The Roots of the Problem and the Person.

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