It's been one of those days. I'm not imagining. I sympathize

he probably was, but that's not entirely true. The Romans' census records, to this day, remain incredibly accurate and Jesus himself doesn't show up. He should have, multiple times, but the census data was never collected on him. I'm not saying this proves anything against him existing, I'm just saying something sus happened. Wrong place of birth, didn't exist, wrong name (as Jesus wasn't even his name), torn out of the census later... all plausible. It's reported he might have gone to Alexandria during the parts of his life that aren't in the Bible, but he still would have shown up in the Roman census still, as the Romans loved their censuses as that's how they determined tax rates... and getting that shit right without a computer? Well, you take it seriously.