I think Lemmy has a problem with history in general, since most people on here have degrees/training in STEM. I see a lot of inaccurate “pop history” shared on here, and a lack of understanding of historiography/how historians analyze primary sources.
The rejection of Jesus’s historicity seems to be accepting C S Lewis’s argument - that if he existed, he was a “lunatic, liar, or lord,” instead of realizing that there was nothing unusual about a messianic Jewish troublemaker in Judea during the early Roman Empire.
No one alive today cares. At the time, sure. No one is a part of his cult today, unlike Jesus’s cult.
Like I said, it’s based on knowledge from people who didn’t. I feel like you’re purposefully ignoring parts of what I said.
There does not need to be reasoning to not believe something. There needs to be reasoning to believe something. I don’t believe Jesus existed in the same way I don’t believe any other person who we don’t know about existed. I just don’t hold a belief. It doesn’t matter to me, and I haven’t seen enough evidence to actively hold a belief, and I don’t care enough to try. It’s not important to me.