Tunesmith...I struggle with the problems presented by organized religion daily, but you are being as careless and slippery in your arguments against a historical Jesus as THEY are in support of him!

It is not likely to be possibly to prove or disprove this point, but the way you are approaching it is likely to more harm than good for your thesis.

You seem to me to have an axe to grind, and you are as willing to skew logic as the fundimentalist Christians are to make some sort of point.

It makes no difference whether the story of Jesus resembles earlier stories or not...that proves nothing either way. If you NEED to 'disprove' classic Christianity for some reason, there are easier roads to travel.