Was Jesus real?

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49. There is substantial evidence that the historical Jesus existed

Also most of what is considered as miracles by modern literal readers are misunderstandings of the original literary intent.

For example the virgin stories in Matthew and Luke were obvious literary devices to frame what follows.

Many of the stories that are understood as miracles today were not written with that intention at the time. For example the fish and loaves story was meant to show how in the moment Jesus teaching on kindness transformed hearts of listeners so that some who prepared lunches shared with those that had not. The story of turning water into wine was meant to show that He had an effect on groups and brought life to a setting that was otherwise dull.

Of course as the community morphed more into one with a resurrection centric focus that part of the mythology became more "miraculous".