I am trying to tell my side of this debate in a staightforward honest way. The people attacking my argument are simply "muddying the water" with trivia: Shakespeare, Robin Hood and the likes. I honestly believe that if any fairminded person read " The Jesus Mysteries" they would come away with - at the very least - doubts about the existence of the biblical Jesus. I'll finish with a little aside. Folkmusic links us all together, but Christianity - the Irish Catholic version - nearly finished off folkmusic in Ireland less than a hundred years ago and so the next time you listen to Altan, Christy Moore ,or your own personal favourite , remember that. And O Yes,I know, we can't blame Jesus for that!