I am revisiting this subject, if I may. To achieve 2 goals:
1- Acknowledge the excellent (in my view) presentation contributed by
Ademola Iyi-Eweka who demonstrates a remarkably advanced knowledge of the
historical facts surrounding the early years of christianity.
2- To draw another contributor's attention to the fact that the authors of
the review of the roman empire that spurred my questions did not set out to
prove anything, and were not defending a Ph.D. thesis. They are Ph.D.
historians, teaching scholars with some experience, who simply reviewed the
roman empire, not the christian religion. The question on Jesus Christ is
mine, not theirs.

It is remarkable that all responses so far have dwelled on Faith as an
essential ingredient in assessing Jesus Christ. Casting faith aside, the
question remains: was Jesus Christ an impostor, as the accusation by his own
kinship that earned him the death penalty alledged? How can we answer this
question from known historical facts and the benefit of 2000 years of
hindsight?
If you care to take up the subject, please put forth arguments for or
against with as little reference to faith as possible, the reason being that
by the jewish faith, he was definitely an impostor. And by some other
faiths, he simply does not exist. And by my faith, he is the son of God. So
which one was he?

If the question is too unsettling, just ignore it.

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