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Solid contributions, lampoon.
As an aside, I could not let the following verbiage (based on Crossan) go by without comment -- "nothing was written about Jesus for decades after his death, so how could the information be reliable."
Don't know if you have ever read Richard Bauckham's work, "Jesus and the Eyewitnesses." Far from a dogmatic approach to the subject, it is a fascinating historical inquiry using the available historical data that gives solid reasons to attribute to eyewitnesses the basis for the New Testament record about Jesus. It sounds like you don't find such inquiry particularly pertinent or helpful, but others might. Anyone who does have an interest in the subject would be well-rewarded for reading it.