I was raised in an orthodox religion that took the Bible as the sole direct commands of God. I have since refuted those teachings as illegitimate and moved on...respectively. I do not understand those who assert that the Bible is to not be taken as the direct word of God. There are many on this...
Your evidence definitely indicates that there existed a strong and cohesive group of individuals who were determined to continue the memory of the individual they saw as their savior. But, Jesus was by no means alone in his endeavor to portray himself as a savior. During Jesus' time there...
by right I mean a fully functioning natural mechanism. Right in the sense of ethical or moral perspective is in a far different subset of philosophically arbitrary determination which, in reality, has absolutely no means by which to judge said question.