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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm an atheist, but in my understanding, historians generally agree that Jesus was a real historical person.

But to answer your wider question - Christian theology didn't come from Jesus. Christian theology was first agreed upon at the Council of Nicaea:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Council_of_Nicaea[/quote]

OP here.  Yes, yes.  I know about the council of Nicaea.  I have been saying the Nicene Creed every Sunday for most of my life.  I also k is about Saint Jerome.

That isn’t my question.  The question is for those who do NOT believe that Jesus was a real, historical figure.  Paul had a pretty clear theology and a pretty clear story.  And he was definitely a real dude.  I am not trying to use this to prove the existence of Jesus as a real person.  I am just curious about where  people think he got his ideas.

It seems doubtful that he just made the whole thing up on his own.  Do people think he just listened to some other delusional people talking about Christ?  Or that these ideas were kind of out there already, and he just invented this figure?  [/quote]

Paul wasn't the only one to write about him. Non-follower writers who mentioned him include Jewish historian Flavius Josephus and Roman senator and historian Tacitus. [/quote]

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