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I've seen quite a few folks float the full blown "Jesus was invented by the Romans to trick the occupied state of Palestine into accepting Roman rule" theory.
Sure. Siddhartha (the Buddha), Mohammad, even Confucius to come extent.
But like with most of these, the divinity of a figure is decided on well after they've been dead and buried. What I'm stuck on in the denialist "You can't prove Ancient Historical Figure X existed now that I've arbitrarily rejected the veracity of all the existing materials."
The point of the meme is that religious texts are fictional, because fictional texts exist.
The point of the religion is that society should organize itself around certain traditions and taboos, because it will lead to a utopian future of peace and plenty.
There difference between Jesus and Spider-Man isn't their magical powers, its their activist base of enthusiastic followers.