"::::Yet there are equally reliable sources that say the Christ Myth theory is something more than simply Jesus never existed as evidenced by Grant and Walsh as just two examples.  As for what I mean by ""'Jesus existed but the Gospel Jesus is a myth-fiction' Idea"" that is simply my rephrasing of the category Remsburg and Boyd-Eddy gave us nearly 100 years apart: 

 ::::Remsburg (1909): ""Many radical Freethinkers believe that Christ is a myth, of which Jesus of Nazareth is the basis, but that these narratives are so legendary and contradictory as to be almost if not wholly, unworthy of credit."" 
 ::::Boyd-Eddy (2007): We have enough to show there was a Jesus but ""the reports we have of him are so unreliable and saturated with legend and ""myth"" that we can ascertain very little historical information about him."" 
 ::::Again what separates ""the reports we have of him are so unreliable and saturated with legend and ""myth"" that we can ascertain very little historical information about him"" and ""narratives are so legendary and contradictory as to be almost if not wholly, unworthy of credit"" from there is nothing to show the Gospel Jesus (the version we base all our searches on) ever existed?  That is the elephant in the room regarding the whole Christ myth theory and the most poorly explained aspect.   

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