For the same reason we dress up other characters from the popular culture: because we have to. Arthur (who appears in the Welsh "Mabinogian") and Robin Hood (who appeared in his own TV series when I was a kid) were needed. We ain't got all that many heroes. We still have folks out today lookin' for the Ark of the Covenant and the Holy Grail (and no one knows for sure exactly what that is). I don't think Jesus was 'fabricated', but I do wonder if what all we say about him is true. Why did Sun Myung Moon do so well in North America? Why did people 'follow' Charles Manson? Why do we believer men landed on the moo? I think the reasons are the same. As people, we need something bigger than ourselves to believe in. Maybe that's why we should choose our heroes wisely. Just some thoughts. And you, my friend, have certainly posted a thread that got way far lots of action in a two-day period.