And of course you would expect this of a carpenters kid?
Jesus came from a Royal Jewish line.
But so did many others
And your point?
He was from a royal line, he was born of a virgin, he was supposed the son of God, he performed miracles, he started his own religion and was crucified.
Yet the 'evidence' for any of this is sketchy at best.
He was clearly a strong and convincing personality.

But there are so many other 'good people', Jesus is almost certainly more famous than King David who is about as high as you can get in Judaism! It's pretty ****ing good for a 'good guy' to be regarded so much more highly than him!
Jesus came from a Royal Jewish line.
And what's your point? That his personality made him more memorable. So what?
WHy does the evidence have to be contemporary?

I'm saying that it can't have just been such a personality that got him to where he is regarded now, he must have been a whole lot more than that.
If you believe in scripture.
Was there a historical Jesus. Almost certainly. The primary texts from which the synoptic gospels were drawn wouldn't have just been made up. Indeed, the primary texts from which Matthew mark and luke were drawn (As well as the gnostic gospels) probably were contemporary accounts, or thereabouts. Josephus wrote about the historical figure of Jesus. If you want to talk about the veracity of his miracles as described in the gospels, go right ahead. If the point is that there was no guy in history named Jesus, then WRT is wrong. And can keep on being wrong if people " want to carry on letting people think you're a moron"

Such as?
Richard Van Gough?
Van Gogh wasn't supposedly the son of God, nor did he start his own religion, pose a threat to the Roman empire or blaspheme Judaism.