Jesus Christ (Joshua Bar-Joseph) is an actual historical figure.His existence has been confirmed by the historian Josephus,although it is a very tenuous reference. You have to
… understandthat at the time of his life, Jesus was a very minor figure, justanother wandering mystic, and didn't make much of an impact on thepolitics of his day. Answer There is no historical evidence that Jesus existed. Josephus'passages are disputed (they appear to have been inserted at a laterdate), and in any case, he is writing about heresay: not about hispersonal experiences. His books are dated at about the same time asthe early Gospels, at a time when the stories were in widecirculation anyway. There are no contemporary reports of Jesus: everything that hassurvived was written well after the events they document. They beara startling resemblence to other myths of the time: of Horus, ofMithras, and of Krishna. The stories concerning all four are certainly philosphical innature, but it is doubtful that any have more than a grain ofhistorical truth in them. Since he was a historical figure, he was a historical fact, not anykind of myth. Answer I think we can safely elevate Jesus christ's statusto that of a legend, at the very worst. ( Full Answer )