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.
I remember stumbling into a book of all of said messianic figures, left out in the library.
In particular, I remember his name. Yeshua ben Yosef (sp? It’s been 20years). I thought it funny that with a name like that and a Muslim ban in place (at the time) he would have never been allowed past customs.