Archaeologists believe they've found cross of Jesus of Nazareth

[Xithras]

147. I was being snarky

I actually believe that a historical Jesus (Yeshua) existed, but I ascribe to the theory that Yeshua Ha Notzri and Yeshua Barabbas (which, incidentally, translate to "Jesus of Nazareth" and "Jesus, Son of the Father" respectively) were actually the same person, and that the real Yeshua was was both a militant revolutionary and a religious leader. The story of the crowd choosing Barabbas over Christ was probably originally meant as a parable, with the crowd having to choose between a "powerful" militant leader and one who was preaching a peaceful life. It represents the failure of his peaceful ministry and the victory of war over peace.

I beleve that Christianities founders, like Peter, later chose to preach his messages of peace and love, while choosing not to discuss his militant side. In fact, this may also explain why so little non-Biblical evidence of him exists. If the real-life Yeshua didn't match the Yeshua of the Bible, it would have been in the interests of the churches to erase that evidence, and the Christian churches had nearly 2000 years to do so.