fantôme profane;3797224 said:Why do you think that the "mythical Jesus" is not also speculation? Either way you are engaged in speculation. The only question is that which speculation is based on the better evidence.
Why else apply good historical information to a story lined account if not to make it real?
We constantly are reminded that these events in the gospels could not have happened as they were written which in turn generates speculation as to how they would have really and truly happened should we apply good historical information to them. For example Jesus' body would have been tossed and eaten by animals because that is how it was done.
Why bother with how it was done when the story reads perfectly as it is. If the events could not have happened as they were written it is probably because we are reading fiction. I don't have a problem with fiction, do you?