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  • As others have noted in this thread: yes we do have evidence that Jesus existed. For a short summary, try https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sources_for_the_historicity_of_Jesus

    These sources may not be as concrete as you might like but they meet the standard that historians apply to that era. If we set the standards any higher than „over 20 independent sources mentioned him within a few decades after his death“ we would have to doubt the existence of half of antiquity.

    Sure, most of what the bible has to say about Jesus is most likely highly exaggerated but we do know for sure that there was a man whose name we would transcribe to English as Jesus, who lived in Judea in the first century CE, who got baptized, was a religious teacher and was eventually crucified by the order of Pontius Pilate.

    Saying there is no evidence without even checking, just because it doesn’t fit your worldview makes you just as unscientific as a fanatic Christian.